Nonvolcanic tectonic islands in ancient and modern oceans

Nonvolcanic tectonic islands in ancient and modern oceans

Most oceanic islands are due to excess volcanism caused by thermal and/or compositional mantle melting anomalies. We call attention here to another class of oceanic islands, due not to volcanism but to vertical motions of blocks of oceanic lithosphere related to transform tectonics. Sunken tectonic...

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Main Authors: Camilla Palmiotto, Laura Corda, Marco Ligi, Anna Cipriani, Henry J. B. Dick, Eric Douville, Luca Gasperini, Paolo Montagna, François Thil, Anna Maria Borsetti, Barbara Balestra, Enrico Bonatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-10-01
Series:Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Subjects:
tectonic islands
oceanic transform faults
carbonate platforms
facies analysis
strontium isotope stratigraphy
calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20279

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20279

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