THE MAGELLAN SEAMOUNTS - EARLY CRETACEOUS RECORD OF THE SOUTH-PACIFIC ISOTOPIC AND THERMAL ANOMALY

We present geophysical, geochemical, and geochronological data from two Early Cretaceous seamounts in the western Pacific Ocean which formed at melt sources in what is now French Polynesia. One seamount has an 40Ar/39Ar mineral age of 119.6 (±0.6, 1 σ) Ma, is flexurally compensated with an elastic p...

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Glavni autori: Smith, W, Staudigel, H, Watts, A, Pringle, M
Format: Journal article
Jezik:English
Izdano: 1989