Volcanic Structures and Magmatic Evolution of the Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Unger Moreno, Katharina A., Thal, Janis, Bach, Wolfgang, Beier, Christoph, Haase, Karsten M.
• Other Authors: Department of Geosciences and Geography, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Petrology and Geochemistry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2021
• Subjects: 1171 Geosciences; oceanic intraplate volcanism; liquid line of descent; volcanic flanks; effusive and explosive volcanism; submarine volcano morphology; SUBMARINE FLANKS; FLOOD BASALTS; NE ATLANTIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; NORTH; ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCENE; ERUPTIONS; PLIOCENE; Cones The; Cones, The; Greenland; Greenland Basin; Vesteris Seamount
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/336377

The formation of isolated seamounts distant from active plate boundaries and mantle plumes remains unsolved. The solitary intraplate volcano Vesteris Seamount is located in the Central Greenland Basin and rises ∼3,000 m above the seafloor with a total eruptive volume of ∼800 km3. Here, we present a...