Paleocene on-spreading-axis hotspot volcanism along the Ninetyeast Ridge: an interaction between the Kerguelen hotspot and the Wharton spreading center

• Main Authors: Krishna, K. S., Gopala Rao, D., Subba Raju, L. V., Chaubey, A. K., Shcherbakov, V. S., Pilipenko, A. I., Radhakrishna Murthy, I. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Indian Academy of Sciences 1999
• Subjects: QE Geology; Antarctic; Indian; Kerguelen; The Antarctic; Wharton; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://repository.ias.ac.in/18049/; http://repository.ias.ac.in/18049/1/372.pdf; http://www.ias.ac.in/j_archive/epsci/108/4/255-267/viewpage.html

Investigations of three plausible tectonic settings of the Kerguelen hotspot relative to the Wharton spreading center evoke the on-spreading-axis hotspot volcanism of Paleocene (60-54 Ma) age along the Ninetyeast Ridge. The hypothesis is consistent with magnetic lineations and abandoned spreading ce...