OBSERVATIONS OF FLEXURE AND THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE PACIFIC-OCEAN BASIN

Journal article

The response of the Pacific plate to oceanic island and seamount loads has been used to estimate the distribution of ridge crest and off-ridge volcanism on the plate since the late Jurassic. The most extensive event, forming the Hess rise, Line Islands ridge, Necker ridge, and Robbie ridge, occurred on the Pacific/Farallon and Pacific/Phoenix ridge crests during the interval 90-120 Myr BP (Barremian to Turonian). This event, which extended over a much larger area than comparable volcanism on the continents, is one of the largest to be documented in the geological record. © 1980 Nature Publishing Group.

Authors: Watts, A; Bodine, J; Ribe, N

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: NATURE
• Volume: 283
• Issue: 5747
• Pages: 532-537
• Publication date: 1980-01-01
• DOI: 10.1038/283532a0
• ISSN: 0028-0836
• Language: English