Short-lived and discontinuous intraplate volcanism in the South Pacific: Hot spots or extensional volcanism?

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Koppers, Anthony A P ^a   Staudigel, Hubert ^a   Pringle, Malcolm S ^b   Wijbrans, Jan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Extension; Hot spots; Intraplate volcanism; Mantle plumes and plumelets; Pacific plate; Seamounts; Sr Nd Pb geochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 13644270827     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000533     Document Type: Article

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