Age and Eruptive Style of Volcanic Rocks Dredged from the Alpha Ridge, Arctic Ocean

• Main Authors: Williamson,, M.C., Kellet, D., Miggins, D, Koppers, Anthony A.P., Oakey, G. N., Weis, D., Jokat, Wilfried, Massey, E., Carey, R.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: EGU 2019
• Subjects: alpha ridge; Arctic; Arctic Ocean
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/49666/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.76040f15-13c0-4a52-8933-bcf3bc7020b5

The Alpha–Mendeleev ridge complex is a prominent physiographic and geological feature of the Arctic Amerasia Basin. The Alpha and Mendeleev ridges are, respectively, the eastern and western components of a continuous seafloor high that is approximately 2000 km long and 200–400 km wide. A surge of in...