Short-lived and discontinuous intra-plate volcanism in the South Pacific: hotspots or extensional volcanism

A.A.P. Koppers, H. Staudigel, M.S. Pringle, J.R. Wijbrans

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    Abstract

    [1] South Pacific intraplate volcanoes have been active since the Early Cretaceous. Their HIMU-EMIEMII mantle sources can be traced back into the West Pacific Seamount Province (WPSP) using plate tectonic reconstructions, implying that these distinctive components are enduring features within the Earth's mantle for, at least, the last 120 Myr. These correlations are eminent on the scale of the WPSP and the South Pacific Thermal and Isotopic Anomaly (SOPITA), but the evolution of single hot spots emerges notably more complicated. Hot spots in the WPSP and SOPITA mantle regions typically display intermittent volcanic activity, longevities shorter than 40 Myr, superposition of hot spot volcanism, and motion relative to other hot spots. In this review, we use
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalGeochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
    Volume4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2003

    Bibliographical note

    doi 10.1029/2003GC00053

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