On Apr 18, 7:40 pm, Johnny1a <shermanl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> What I was wondering was whether it's like that the Hot Spot activity
> will change when it gets into the flatter lands east of the mountains
> (or rather when the flat lands reach the hot spot). Would a resurgant
> caldera in the great plains behave in any significant way differently
> than one in the mountains? The underlying mechanisms should be the
> same, what I was asking was about non-intuitive developments that are
> likely.
It depends on whether it finds a weak spot or not. If the hotspot
were to, say, drift far enough along to find the Mississippi, it's
possible that it might cause the failed continental rifting there to
start once again. It depends on how long it stays under the rift
and its track as it leaves.
Potentially, the results might be quite interesting.
Will
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