Kerguelen hotspot magma output since 130 Ma

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: Coffin, M.F., Storey, M., Müller, R.D., Gahagan, L.A., Pringle, M., Duncan, R.A., Gladczenko, T.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: QE Geology; Antarctic; Broken Ridge; Indian; Kerguelen; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/445/; http://petrology.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/43/7/1121

The Kerguelen hotspot (Indian Ocean) has produced basalt for ~ 130 Myr, among the longest known volcanic records from a single source. New and published 40Ar/69Ar age determinations from the Kerguelen Plateau, Broken Ridge, Rajmahal Traps, and Bunbury basalts, and of Indian and Antarctic dikes help...