Tests of inter-hotspot motion and of hotspot motion relative to the spin axis

• Main Author: Koivisto, Emilia Anna-Liisa
• Other Authors: Gordon, Richard G.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Geophysics; Plate tectonics; Pacific; Tristan; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/62159

First, an updated Pacific paleomagnetic skewness pole for chron 32 (72 Ma) is presented. The updated paleomagnetic pole corrects for the spreading-rate dependence of anomalous skewness, a correction which hasn't been applied to Pacific skewness poles before. The presence of anomalous skewness i...