Question 1: Given the pattern of seamounts and volcanoes, and the radiometric ages for the rocks these islands are made of, in what direction is the Pacific Plate currently moving? Need Assignment Help?
Question 2: The distance between the Big Island of Hawai'i and Midway Island is 2,402 km. Given the radiometric age of Midway Island (given on the map), and that for the Big Island is about 0.7 million years, calculate the rate of movement for the Pacific Plate (show your work). Express your answer in centimeters per year (cm / y * r)
Question 3: Note the area on the map marked as being 43 million years old. What appears to have happened in regards to plate motion at that time? Can you suggest a possible cause for what happened?