South Pacific intraplate volcanoes have been active since the Early Cretaceous. Their HIMU‐
EMI‐EMII mantle sources can be traced back into the West Pacific Seamount Province …

太平洋板块是一个中生代以来形成的地球上最大的大洋板块, 但其起源机制, 结构构造,
构造演化等始终不清楚. 太平洋板块内部的复杂性更是未受到重视, 其内部的大火成岩省 …

Abstract The Pacific Plate is the largest oceanic plate on the Earth since Mesozoic, but its
original mechanism, structure and tectonic evolution are still unclear. The complexity of the …

The Pacific plate is usually considered to host 14 hotspots, but most of this volcanism does
not seem to originate from deep-mantle plumes. To reach this conclusion, we tried to …

In this paper, we re-investigate the isotopic composition of hydrogen in MORB and the
possible effects of contamination on δ D and water content. A suite of 40 N-MORB from the …

In this study we present 42 new 40Ar/39Ar incremental heating age determinations that
contribute to an updated age progression for the Louisville seamount trail. Louisville is the …

A reconnaissance survey of multibeam bathymetry and magnetic anomaly data of the
Menard Fracture Zone allows for significant refinement of plate motion history of the South …

Perhaps the most important ocean science observation in the last two decades was
provided by the Geosat radar altimeter during its 18-month geodetic mission (1985-86). The …

Aided by a new geometrical technique called hot spotting, we recently proposed a new
model for the absolute motion of the Pacific plate. This model, called WK97, assumed the …

Repeated shifts, or jumps, of mid‐ocean ridge segments toward nearby hot spots can
produce large, long‐term changes to the geometry and location of the tectonic plate …