Relative motions of hotspots in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans since late Cretaceous time

Combinations of global plate reconstructions reveal average velocities for the last 50 to 65 million years of 10 to 20 mm yr^(−1) between the Hawaiian hotspot and those beneath Iceland, Tristan da Cunha, Réunion, St. Paul's Island, and Kerguelen. Therefore hotspots do not define a fixed referen...

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Published in:Nature
Main Authors: Molnar, Peter, Stock, Joann
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Nature Publishing Group 1987
Subjects:
Indian
Kerguelen
Pacific
Tristan
Iceland
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spelling ftcaltechauth:oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:49321 2023-05-15T16:47:56+02:00 Relative motions of hotspots in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans since late Cretaceous time Molnar, Peter Stock, Joann 1987-06-18 https://authors.library.caltech.edu/49321/ https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140908-093025883 unknown Nature Publishing Group Molnar, Peter and Stock, Joann (1987) Relative motions of hotspots in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans since late Cretaceous time. Nature, 327 (6123). pp. 587-591. ISSN 0028-0836. doi:10.1038/327587a0. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140908-093025883 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140908-093025883> Article PeerReviewed 1987 ftcaltechauth https://doi.org/10.1038/327587a0 2021-11-11T18:59:38Z Combinations of global plate reconstructions reveal average velocities for the last 50 to 65 million years of 10 to 20 mm yr^(−1) between the Hawaiian hotspot and those beneath Iceland, Tristan da Cunha, Réunion, St. Paul's Island, and Kerguelen. Therefore hotspots do not define a fixed reference frame. Uncertainties in these reconstructions are less than the errors incurred by assuming fixed hotspots and less than the differences among various proposed frames of reference of fixed hotspots. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology) Indian Kerguelen Pacific Tristan ENVELOPE(140.900,140.900,-66.735,-66.735) Nature 327 6123 587 591
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description Combinations of global plate reconstructions reveal average velocities for the last 50 to 65 million years of 10 to 20 mm yr^(−1) between the Hawaiian hotspot and those beneath Iceland, Tristan da Cunha, Réunion, St. Paul's Island, and Kerguelen. Therefore hotspots do not define a fixed reference frame. Uncertainties in these reconstructions are less than the errors incurred by assuming fixed hotspots and less than the differences among various proposed frames of reference of fixed hotspots.
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title Relative motions of hotspots in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans since late Cretaceous time
title_short Relative motions of hotspots in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans since late Cretaceous time
title_full Relative motions of hotspots in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans since late Cretaceous time
title_fullStr Relative motions of hotspots in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans since late Cretaceous time
title_full_unstemmed Relative motions of hotspots in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans since late Cretaceous time
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