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Tuzo Wilson
File Name m00009.img.702.j.tuzo.wilson.jpg
Data Type photograph
Computer Program Adobe Illustrator CS2
File Size 202.00 KB - 2 files [ jpg,pdf ]
Expert Level Middle School (Grade 6-8)
Contributor ERESE Database Team
Source Psychology Department, University of Toronto
Resource Matrix Hotspots and Absolute Plate Motion
Description
This is a photograph of J. Tuzo Wilson. Wilson was the first to propose the theory of hotspots. Wilson described a hotspot as a region of hot upwelling magma that erupts on the surface as a volcano.
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