Evidence for Global Synchronism in Mantle Plume Convection, and Possible Significance for Geology

作者: P. R. VOGT

DOI: 10.1038/240338A0

关键词: PaleontologyPlumeGeologyVolcanismMantle plumePlume tectonicsIgneous rockSynchronismHotspot (geology)Convection

摘要: Volume estimates and age dating of basic, non-orogenic igneous deposits suggest synchronous discharge from many hot spots, identified as mantle plumes. The discharge …

参考文章(28)
A. P. Stacey, C. W. A. Browitt, M. H. P. Bott, The deep structure of the Iceland-Faeroe Ridge Marine Geophysical Researches. ,vol. 1, pp. 328- 351 ,(1971) , 10.1007/BF00338261
EVERETT D. JACKSON, ELI A. SILVER, G. BRENT DALRYMPLE, Hawaiian-Emperor Chain and Its Relation to Cenozoic Circumpacific Tectonics Geological Society of America Bulletin. ,vol. 83, pp. 601- 618 ,(1972) , 10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[601:HCAIRT]2.0.CO;2
D. H. TARLING, N. H. GALE, Isotopic Dating and Palaeomagnetic Polarity in the Faeroe Islands Nature. ,vol. 218, pp. 1043- 1044 ,(1968) , 10.1038/2181043A0
S. Moorbath, H. Sigurdsson, R. Goodwin, KAr ages of the oldest exposed rocks in Iceland Earth and Planetary Science Letters. ,vol. 4, pp. 197- 205 ,(1968) , 10.1016/0012-821X(68)90035-6
Norman D. Newell, The Evolution of Reefs Scientific American. ,vol. 226, pp. 54- 65 ,(1972) , 10.1038/SCIENTIFICAMERICAN0672-54
WILLIAM E. FRERICHS, Paleobathymetry, paleotemperature, and tectonism Geological Society of America Bulletin. ,vol. 81, pp. 3445- 3452 ,(1970) , 10.1130/0016-7606(1970)81[3445:PPAT]2.0.CO;2
J. R. Heirtzler, G. O. Dickson, E. M. Herron, W. C. Pitman, X. Le Pichon, Marine magnetic anomalies, geomagnetic field reversals, and motions of the ocean floor and continents Journal of Geophysical Research. ,vol. 73, pp. 2119- 2136 ,(1968) , 10.1029/JB073I006P02119
A. Holmes, A revised geological time-scale Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society. ,vol. 17, pp. 183- 216 ,(1959) , 10.1144/TRANSED.17.3.183
P. WELLMAN, M. W. MCELHINNY, K-Ar age of the Deccan Traps, India. Nature. ,vol. 227, pp. 595- 596 ,(1970) , 10.1038/227595A0
J. TUZO WILSON, Evidence from Islands on the Spreading of Ocean Floors Nature. ,vol. 197, pp. 536- 538 ,(1963) , 10.1038/197536A0