Ages of seamounts, islands, and plateaus on the Pacific plate

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 388, Issue , 2005, Pages 71-90

  Clouard, Valérie ^a   Bonneville, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Hotspot track; Pacific plate; Radiometric dating; Seamount ages

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETRY;

AGE PROGRESSION; HOTSPOT TRACKS; PACIFIC PLATES; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RELIABILITY CRITERION; RELIABILITY PROBLEMS; SEAMOUNT AGES; SPECIAL TREATMENTS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION; DATA SET; FORAMINIFERA; HOT SPOT; RADIOMETER; SEAMOUNT; VOLCANISM; VOLUME;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84874954099     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2388-4.71     Document Type: Article

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