Seismicity in the Vicinity of the Tristan Da Cunha Hot Spot: Particular Plate Tectonics and Mantle Plume Presence

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Schlömer, A., Geissler, W., Jokat, W., Jegen, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Tristan; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5014937

Earthquake locations along the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge have large uncertainties due to the sparse distribution of permanent seismological stations in and around the South Atlantic Ocean. Most of the earthquakes are associated with plate tectonic processes related to the formation of new oceanic...