Reconstructing Ontong Java Nui: Implications for Pacific absolute plate motion, hotspot drift and true polar wander

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 331-332, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-151

  Chandler, Michael T ^a   Wessel, Paul ^a   Taylor, Brian ^a   Seton, Maria ^b   Kim, Seung Sep ^c   Hyeong, Kiseong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hikurangi; Louisville hotspot; Manihiki; Ontong Java; Plume drift; True polar wander

Indexed keywords

HIKURANGI; HOT SPOT; MANIHIKI; ONTONG JAVA; PLUME DRIFT; TRUE POLAR WANDER;

FRACTURE; REPAIR;

GEOMAGNETISM;

FRACTURE ZONE; HOT SPOT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; PLUME; POLAR WANDERING; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

HIKURANGI PLATEAU; KENTUCKY; LOUISVILLE; MANIHIKI PLATEAU; ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860517159     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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