Plate-tectonic reconstructions predict part of the Hawaiian hotspot tract to be preserved in the Bering Sea

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 407-410

  Steinberger, Bernhard ^a   Gaina, Carmen ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Bowers ridge; Hawaii; Hotspots; Kula plate; Plate motion

Indexed keywords

BERING SEA; BOWERS RIDGE; HAWAIIAN HOTSPOT; PLATE MOTION; PLATE RECONSTRUCTIONS;

EARTHQUAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

HOT SPOT; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; SUBMARINE RIDGE; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

BERING SEA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248577167     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23383A.1     Document Type: Article

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