The petrology and geochemistry of Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin - An intraplate alkaline volcano of non-plume origin

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: Haase, Karsten M., Devey, Colin W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Univ. Press 1994
• Subjects: Greenland; Greenland Basin; Jan Mayen; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; St. Helena; Vesteris Seamount
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/8377/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/8377/1/Haase_Devey.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/35.2.295

Vesteris Seamount is a solitary alkaline volcano in the Greenland Basin some 280 km NW of Jan Mayen. Topographic and geophysical studies have shown no sign of an associated plume trace. Evidence from ash layers in sediment cores around the volcano and dating of dredged samples show that it has been...