Hawaiihaseightislandsandislocatedinthemiddleofthepacificocean.Thewholegroupofislandsisrisingduetovolcanicactivity.

　　RegardingthetotalheightofHawaii'shighestpointfromseabottom,Hawaiicanbeconsideredthehighestrockmassintheworld(9000meters).

　　Formillionofyearstheoceanbedofthepacifichasbeenmovingoverafunnelofveryhotmagma.Fromgreatdepthsubsurfacelavawellsup.Thelavaismountingupthevolcanicislandsuntilabovetheoceansurface.ThatwaytheHawaiianIslandsemerged.Thepreconditionforthetheoryisthatthehot-spotdoesnotmoveatanytime.TheimmoblilityoftheHot-Spotappliedasafixedpointforgeology.

　　TheislandchainofHawaii-3000kilometersnorthwestofthemainisland-ischangingitsdirectiontothenorth.Thisbendinthedirectionistotracebackforthefactthatpacificoceanbedischangingitsdirection.Thistheoryisbasedofmagneticmineralsinsideofbasalt.Thebasaltwasarisedfrommagma,thatwasdescendedfromtheHot-Spot.Insideoftheliquidmagmathemineralswerealignedinthedirectionofthemagneticfieldoftheearth.Thealignmentofthemineralsinsidetherockwaschangingoverandover