Implications of a nonlinear 40Ar/39Ar age progression along the Louisville seamount trail for models of fixed and moving hot spots

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Koppers, Anthony A P ^a   Steinberger, Bernhard ^b   Duncan, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ar40Ar 30 geochronology; Guyots; Hot spots; Pacific plate; Seamounts; Submarine alteration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646682368     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000671     Document Type: Article

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