Age of the Shirshov submarine ridge basement (Bering Sea) based on the results of investigation of zircons using the U-Pb SHRIMP method

• Published in: Doklady Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Sukhov, A. N., Chekhovich, V. D., Lander, A. V., Presnyakov, S. L., Lepekhina, E. N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Russian Academy of Sciences 2011
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Shirshov Ridge
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/35092/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/35092/1/shir.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X11070178

The Shirshov Ridge holds an important position in the structure of the Bering Sea Basin. Stretching from north to south for over 500 km, it divides the Bering Sea into two deep water basins, the Aleutian and Komandorsky basins. The age of oceanic crust of the Aleutian basin based on linear magnetic...