Bathymetry of Valdivia Bank, Walvis Ridge, South Atlantic Ocean: Implications for Structure and Geologic History of a Hot Spot Plateau

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Contreras, E., García, P. Jiménez, Sager, W. W., Thoram, S., Hoernle, Kaj, Sarralde, R., Zhou, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU (American Geophysical Union) 2022
• Subjects: Gough; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Tristan; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/57410/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/57410/1/ContrerasetalG3_2022.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010624

Valdivia Bank is an oceanic plateau in the South Atlantic formed by hot spot magmatism at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the Late Cretaceous. It is part of the Walvis Ridge, an aseismic ridge and seamount chain widely considered to be formed by age-progressive volcanism from the Tristan-Gough plume....