Assertion: hot spot | /r/HasProperty | fixed
Facets:
value: with abandoning the hotspot plume theory
type: OTHER
value: in position
type: LOCATION
value: to the overlying tectonic plates
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: This effort has been vexed by the lack of very long chains, by the fact that many are not time-progressive (e.g. the Galápagos) and by the fact that hotspots do not appear to be fixed relative to one another (e.g. Hawaii and Iceland.)
text: While the hot spot itself is fixed, the plate is moving.
text: The most heavily challenged element of Wilson's theory is whether hotspots are indeed fixed relative to the overlying tectonic plates.
text: This has lead to scientific debate about whether hotspots are actually deep phenomena or even “fixed” in position, with some researchers abandoning the hotspot plume theory altogether.
text: In 2003, fresh investigations of this irregularity led to the proposal of a mobile hotspot theory, suggesting that hotspots are mobile, not fixed, and that the 47-million-year-old bend was caused by a shift in the hotspot's motion rather than the plate's.
text: This effort has been vexed by the lack of very long chains, by the fact that many are not time-progressive (e.g. the Galápagos) and by the fact that hotspots do not appear to be fixed relative to one another (e.g. Hawaii and Iceland).