I have been doing research on John Whitehead's Fluid Model of Geological Hotspots. I have been having trouble locating any papers recently written on this subject. I was hoping that you could point me in the right direction.

rocky Kristeen Jessee

Hi Kristeen,

I'm afraid I don't know anything about the model you are talking about. I know that Dennis Geist at the University of Idaho has been looking at what he thinks are a geochemical signature of a particular fluid flow under the Galapagos Hotspot. His first paper on the subject is:

Geist DJ, White WM, and McBirney AR (1988). Plume-asthenosphere mixing beneath the Galapagos ARchipelago. Nature, vol 333: pages 657-660.

You might also try:

Ten Brink US and Brocher TM (1987). Multichannel seismic evidence for a subcrustal intrusive complex under Oahu and a model for Hawaiian volcanism. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 92: pages 13687-13707

Wyllie PJ (1988). Solidus curves, mantle plumes, and magma generation beneath hawaii. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 93: pages 4171-4181.

Bonneville A, Barriot JP, Bayer R (1988). Evidence from geoid data of ahotspot origin for the southern Mascarene plateau and Mascarene Islands (Indian Ocean). Journal of Geophysical Research vol 93: pages 4199-4212.

Hopefully these will help to get you started.

Sincerely,

Scott Rowland 

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