Plate-tectonic reconstructions predict part of the Hawaiian hotspot track to be preserved in the Bering Sea

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Steinberger, B., Gaina, C.
• Other Authors: 0 Pre-GFZ, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: 550 - Earth sciences; Bering Sea; Pacific; Bowers
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_239069

We use plate reconstructions to show that parts of the Hawaiian hotspot track of ca. 80–90 Ma age could be preserved in the Bering Sea. Based on these reconstructions, the Hawaiian hotspot was beneath the Izanagi plate before ca. 83 Ma. Around that time, the part of the plate carrying the hotspot tr...