Talk:New England hotspot

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It would be nice if someone could add detail to the starting point, the stuff about what's in Ontario, and what's said about some potential volcanoes in Africa. 76.66.200.21 (talk) 06:05, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Potential volcanoes in Africa? That would take a hundred million years or so, wouldn't it?  Geo Swan (talk) 15:58, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
 * There are no volcanoes in Africa created by the New England hotspot. The info is about the seamounts created by the New England hotspot on the African Plate in the Atlantic Ocean, not in Africa. BT (talk) 16:26, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd be interested in learning why a spot that appears to be much closer to Africa than to the northeastern United States is termed the New England Hotspot. PurpleChez (talk) 14:57, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * It is named after the New England Seamount chain.  Volcano guy  04:05, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Factcheck
This story is a classic example of unproven make-believe passed off as science.


 * "The lack of an obvious track west of the Monteregian Hills may be due to either to failure of the plume to penetrate the Canadian Shield, to the lack of recognizable intrusions, or to strengthening of the plume when it approached the Monteregian Hills."

Of course, the lack of an obvious track could mean that these features were not created by the same mantle plume, or a mantle plume at all. As could the lack of an obvious track between the Nashville Seamount and the Meteor Seamount.

Has anyone made any attempt to prove that a mantle plume can cross an upwelling plate boundary like the Mid-atlantic ridge? What exactly is postulated to be the cause of a mantle plume?

A simpler explanation for the New England sea mount chain is a fault line that extruded intermittently along its full length, possibly forming all the sea mounts in a relatively short period of time.Cadwallader (talk) 23:45, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Every thing in the article is from geological references. If the volcanics were related to faults, the volcanism would not likely be older to the west and younger to the east. Insted, it would be a mixture of ages like volcanoes found in volcanic arcs. BT (talk) 20:52, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Merger?
Should Great Meteor hotspot track be merged into this article? Also, what is the origin of the name "Great Meteor"? What if anything does the hotspot have to do with meteors? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.161.67.209 (talk) 14:49, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * There is no reason for merger. That would be the same as merging Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain with Hawaii hotspot. Volcanoguy 20:42, 20 December 2018 (UTC)