From crustal structure to plate kinematics : the role of Large Igneous Provinces in the Pacific Ocean

• Main Author: Hochmuth, Katharina
• Other Authors: Jokat, Wilfried, Gohl, Karsten, Bach, Wolfgang
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2016
• Subjects: Large Igneous Provinces; Manihiki Plateau; Ontong Java Nui; Pacific Ocean; crustal structure; plate kinematics; mantle plume; hot spot volcanism; 550; 550 Earth sciences and geology; ddc:550; Danger Islands; Pacific
• Online Access: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/1044; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00105224-12

The bathymetry of the Pacific Ocean is dominated by three Large Igneous Provinces (LIP): the Ontong Java Plateau, the Hikurangi Plateau and the Manihiki Plateau. Taylor (2006) proposed their joined emplacement as one "Super"-LIP Ontong Java Nui in the early Cretaceous. Petro- logical and g...