The Kerguelen hotspot is a volcanic hotspot at the Kerguelen Plateau in the Southern Indian Ocean.[1] The Kerguelen hotspot has produced basaltic lava for about 130 million years and has also produced the Kerguelen Islands, Naturaliste Plateau, Heard Island, the McDonald Islands, the Comei large igneous province in south Tibet, and the Rajmahal Traps.[2] One of the associated features, the Ninety East Ridge, is distinguished by its over 5,000 km (3,100 mi) length, being the longest linear tectonic feature on Earth.[3][4] The total volume of magma erupted in 130 million years with associated features has been estimated to be about 25,000,000 km3 (6,000,000 cu mi).[5] However, as well as large igneous provinces and seamounts the hotspot has interacted with other seafloor spreading features, so this volume figure has some uncertainty.[6]
- ^ Gupta & Desa 2001, p. 743.
- ^ Zhou et al. 2018, p. 811.
- ^ Sreejith & Krishna 2015, pp. 1105–6.
- ^ Bredow & Steinberger 2018, pp. 126, 131.
- ^ Coffin et al. 2002, p. 1135.
- ^ Bredow & Steinberger 2018, pp. 126–129, 131.