Nonlinear 40Ar/39Ar age systematics along the Gilbert Ridge and Tokelau Seamount Trail and the timing of the Hawaii-Emperor Bend

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Koppers, Anthony P ^a,b   Staudigel, Hubert ^a   Morgan, Jason Phipps ^c   Duncan, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Hot spots; Intraplate volcanism; Local lithospheric extension; Pacific plate; Seamounts

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249109628     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001489     Document Type: Article

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