Fast Paleogene Motion of the Pacific Hotspots from Revised Global Plate Circuit Constraints

Major improvements in late Cretaceous-early Tertiary Pacific-Antarctica plate reconstructions, and new East-West Antarctica rotations, allow a more definitive test of the relative motion between hotspots using global plate circuit reconstructions with quantitative uncertainties.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Raymond, C., Stock, J., Cande, S.
Language:English
Published: 2004
Subjects:
palogene Pacific hotspots Pacific-Antarctica paleomagnetic
Pacific
West Antarctica
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2014/13762
Description
Summary:Major improvements in late Cretaceous-early Tertiary Pacific-Antarctica plate reconstructions, and new East-West Antarctica rotations, allow a more definitive test of the relative motion between hotspots using global plate circuit reconstructions with quantitative uncertainties.

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