Hf-Nd isotope constraints on the origin of the Cretaceous Caribbean plateau and its relationship to the Galapagos plume

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Thompson, P. M. E., Kempton, P. D., White, R. V., Kerr, Andrew Craig, Tarney, J., Saunders, A. D., Fitton, J. G., McBirney, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: QE Geology; Galapagos; Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/8460/; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00542-9

Formation of the Cretaceous Caribbean plateau, including the komatiites of Gorgona, has been linked to the currently active Gala¤pagos hotspot. We use Hf^Nd isotopes and trace element data to characterise both the Caribbean plateau and the Gala¤pagos hotspot, and to investigate the relationship betw...