Divergence between paleomagnetic and hotspot-model-predicted polar wander for the Pacific plate with implications for hotspot fixity

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 335-357

  Sager, William W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emperor seamounts; Hawaiian seamounts; Hotspots; Pacific; Paleomagnetism; Polar wander

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM;

EMPEROR SEAMOUNTS; HAWAIIAN SEAMOUNTS; HOTSPOTS; PACIFIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDER;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; DIVERGENCE; HOT SPOT; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; POLAR MOTION; POLAR WANDERING; SEAMOUNT; TECTONICS;

ANTARCTICA; EMPEROR SEAMOUNTS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 72049084297     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2430(17)     Document Type: Article

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