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The origin of the Canary Island Seamount Province - New ages of old seamounts

The Canary Island Seamount Province forms a scattered hotspot track on the Atlantic ocean floor ~1300 km long and ~350 km wide, perpendicular to lithospheric fractures, and parallel to the NW African continental margin. New (40)Ar/(39)Ar datings show that seamount ages vary from 133 Ma to 0.2 Ma in...

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Autor principal: van den Bogaard, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23838703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep02107