Initial results for the composition of the igneous basement of the Bowers and Shirshov Ridges (Bering Sea, NW Pacific)

• Main Authors: Wanke, Maren, Portnyagin, Maxim, Werner, Reinhard, Hauff, Folkmar, Hoernle, Kaj
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität 2010
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Bowers; Canada; Gaina; Pacific; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/10150/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/10150/1/DMG2010_Abstract_Wanke.pdf; http://www.dmg-home.de/Abstracts/DMG2010_Abstracts.pdf

The Bowers and Shirshov Ridges (hereafter BR and SR, respectively) are two prominent submarine structures of unknown age and provenance in the Bering Sea. So far only a few geochemical data exist on the composition of basement rocks from the SR (Silantyev et al., 1985) and none for the BR. Age and g...