Missing history (16-71 Ma) of the Galápagos hotspot: Implications for the tectonic and biological evolution of the Americas

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 795-798

  Hoernle, Kaj ^a   van den Bogaard, Paul ^a   Werner, Reinhard ^a   Lissinna, Britta ^a   Hauff, Folkmar ^a   Alvarado, Guillermo ^b   Garbe Schönberg, Dieter ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Biotic exchange; Caribbean large igneous province; Caribbean plate; Central American Arc; Evolution; Gal pagos hotspot; Inter American land bridges; Oceanic plateau; Sr Nd Pb isotope geochemistry; Trace element

Indexed keywords

MARINE ORGANISM;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HISTORY; MARINE BIOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOTIC FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOT SPOT; LAND BRIDGE; NAZCA PLATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

COSTA RICA; ECUADOR; PACIFIC OCEAN; PANAMA;

EID: 0036765097     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0795:MHMOTG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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