Giving birth to hotspot volcanoes: Distribution and composition of young seamounts from the seafloor near Tahiti and Pitcairn islands

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 395-398

  Devey, C W ^a   Lackschewitz, K S ^a   Mertz, D F ^b,c   Bourdon, B ^d   Cheminee J L ^d   Dubois, J ^d   Guivel, C ^e   Hekinian R ^f   Stoffers, P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^f IFREMER   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

EM I; EM II; Enriched mantle; Geochemistry; Hotspot; Melting; Plum pudding; Plume; Polynesia; Volcano evolution

Indexed keywords

HOTSPOT VOLCANOES;

MANGANESE NODULES; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

VOLCANOES;

HOT SPOT; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; PETROGENESIS; SEAMOUNT; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PITCAIRN;

EID: 0037645862     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0395:GBTHVD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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