Volcanic Structures and Magmatic Evolution of the Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Katharina A. Unger Moreno, Janis Thal, Wolfgang Bach, Christoph Beier, Karsten M. Haase
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: oceanic intraplate volcanism; liquid line of descent; volcanic flanks; effusive and explosive volcanism; submarine volcano morphology; Science; Q; Greenland; Greenland Basin; Cones The; Cones, The; Vesteris Seamount
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.711910; https://doaj.org/article/53e9cdc51eaf47de92501e51830e70df

The formation of isolated seamounts distant from active plate boundaries and mantle plumes remains unsolved. The solitary intraplate volcano Vesteris Seamount is located in the Central Greenland Basin and rises ∼3,000 m above the seafloor with a total eruptive volume of ∼800 km3. Here, we present a...