Bermuda hotspot
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bermuda-hotspot-222-1946260
title:
Bermuda hotspot
text:
The Bermuda hotspot is a supposed midplate hotspot swell in the Atlantic Ocean 500–1,000 km (310–620 mi) southeast of Bermuda, proposed to explain the extinct volcanoes of the Bermuda Rise as well as the Mississippi Embayment and the Sabine Uplift southwest of the Mississippi Embayment. A 2002 paper proposes that the Bermuda hotspot generated the Mississippi Embayment in the Early Cretaceous Epoch, when the hotspot strengthened and uplifted the present-day Mississippi Valley. The resulting highl
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Proposed hotspot in the Atlantic Ocean
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_hotspot
date created:
2007-03-12T14:09:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T02:49:24Z
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