Wilson suggested that the long chain of volcanoes stretching northwest from Hawaii is simply the surface expression of a long-lived volcanic source located beneath the tectonic plate in the mantle.

威尔逊认为，夏威夷向西北延伸的火山长链只是一个长期存于板块下、地幔中的火山源在板块表面的表现。

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The most recent island, Hawaii, would be at the end of the chain and is now over the volcanic source.

最近的一个岛屿是夏威夷岛，它位于这条岛链的末端，现在位于火山源头的上方。

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The Caribbean islands finding themselves along the eastern curve of the Caribbean Plate will thus experience increased volcanic activity in the many volcanoes that lie on that island chain.

加勒比群岛会发现自己处在加勒比板块的东部曲线上因此坐落在岛链上的很多火山都会经历越来越多的火山活动。

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It's the world's most remote inhabited island chain -- so precariously occupied that when a volcanic vent erupted in 1961, the whole population was evacuated to England.

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