Kerguelen hotspot magma output since 130 Ma

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: Coffin, MF, Pringle, MS, Duncan, RA, Gladczenko, TP, Storey, M, Muller, RD, Gahagan, LA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Univ Press 2002
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Marine Geoscience; Antarctic; Broken Ridge; Indian; Kerguelen; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/43.7.1121; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/73820

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/39Ar age determinations from the Kerguelen Plateau, Broken Ridge, Rajmahal Traps, and Bunbury basalts, and of Indian and Antarctic dikes help to...