美国Ｅｘｘｏｎ勘查公司的研究人员Ｉ诺顿在对夏威夷群岛进行考察后断定，自下地幔向地表升腾的熔融物质即地幔柱并非像有人推测的那样，在漫长的地质年代里，其位置是固定不变的。按照现在流行的“热点”理论，地幔柱周期性地洞穿上覆板块，在其表面留下一排随远离热点... After examining the Hawaiian Islands, Norton, a researcher at Exxon Exploration Company in the United States, concluded that the mantle plume rising from the lower mantle to the surface is not fixed in the long geological age, as some speculated changing. According to the popular “hot spot” theory, the mantle plume periodically pushes through the overlying plates, leaving a row on the surface with the hotspot ...