Kerguelen hotspot magma output since 130 Ma

• Main Authors: Mike Coffin, MS Pringle, RA Duncan, TP Gladczenko, M Storey, RD Muller, LA Gahagan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Geochemistry; Geology; Marine geoscience; Geophysics; hotspot mantle plume large igneous province flood basalt Kerguelen Plateau; Antarctic; Broken Ridge; Indian; Kerguelen; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Kerguelen_hotspot_magma_output_since_130_Ma/22886378

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...