08-10-2022, 08:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-10-2022, 08:48 AM by Space Karen.)
(08-10-2022, 08:12 AM)TomK Wrote:(08-10-2022, 04:16 AM)Space Karen Wrote: Every year the hotspot should inch its way further southeast.
The direction of the last flow was a statistical anomaly.
Which should make a shift in the opposite direction more likely.
The whole island is made up of lava flows. That means they went east, west, north, south, and everywhere in between. You can't have an island that only has a north shore for example.
How on earth was the last flow a statistical anomaly?
Kauai, oahu and all of the other islands were created by the same hot spot under kilauea now.
The pacific plate moves north west over time. But the hot spot of eruptions stays in the same place. This is why Big Island is the newest and youngest island. Kauai, furthest north west, is the oldest. Kauai used to be over the place kilauea is now. The massive plate of rock under the islands is moving slowly north west.
Making the trend of eruptions south east.
If I remember right, the 2018 eruption was a bit northward. Making it an anomaly.