SGER: Development of Hot-Spotting Method

作者正在开发利用热点及其产生的海山之间的几何关系的技术，使作者能够将年龄进程与几何分离，并仅根据海山的位置准确地确定热点位置。他们提议汇编一个海山位置数据库，并充分开发这项技术，以解决一些问题。有多少个热点？热点是固定的吗？哪些海山是由热点形成的？已绝迹的热点在哪里？板内火山活动的时间和空间记录是什么？热点流量稳定吗？解决绝对板块运动的准确度有多高？

The authors are developing techniques for use of a geometric relationship between hotspots and the seamounts producted by them that allows the authors to decouple the age-progression from the geometry and accurately determine hotspot locations on the basis of seamount locations alone. They propose to compile a seamount location database and fully develop the technique to address a number of questions. How many hotspots are there? Are hotspots stationary? Which seamounts were created by hotspots? Where are extinct hotspots? What is the temporal and spatial record of intraplate volcanism? Are hotspot fluxes steady? How accurately can absolute plate motions be resolved?