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author Keller, Randall A
Fisk, Martin R
White, William M
author_facet Keller, Randall A
Fisk, Martin R
White, William M
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents When a mantle plume interacts with a mid-ocean ridge, both are noticeably affected. The mid-ocean ridge can display anomalously shallow bathymetry, excess volcanism, thickened crust, asymmetric sea-floor spreading and a plume component in the composition of the ridge basalts (Schilling, 1973, doi:10.1038/242565a0; Verma et al., 1983, doi:10.1038/306654a0; Ito and Lin, 1995, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0657:OSCHIC>2.3.CO;2; Müller et al., 1998, doi:10.1038/24850). The hotspot-related volcanism can be drawn closer to the ridge, and its geochemical composition can also be affected (Ito and Lin, 1995, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0657:OSCHIC>2.3.CO;2; White et al., 1993, doi:10.1029/93JB02018; Kincaid et al., 1995, doi:10.1038/376758a0; Kingsley and Schilling, 1998, doi:10.1029/98JB01496 ). Here we present Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic analyses of samples from the next-to-oldest seamount in the Hawaiian hotspot track, the Detroit seamount at 51° N, which show that, 81 Myr ago, the Hawaiian hotspot produced volcanism with an isotopic signature indistinguishable from mid-ocean ridge basalt. This composition is unprecedented in the known volcanism from the Hawaiian hotspot, but is consistent with the interpretation from plate reconstructions (Mammerickx and Sharman, 1988, doi:10.1029/JB093iB04p03009) that the hotspot was located close to a mid-ocean ridge about 80 Myr ago. As the rising mantle plume encountered the hot, low-viscosity asthenosphere and hot, thin lithosphere near the spreading centre, it appears to have entrained enough of the isotopically depleted upper mantle to overwhelm the chemical characteristics of the plume itself. The Hawaiian hotspot thus joins the growing list of hotspots that have interacted with a rift early in their history.
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spellingShingle (Table 1) Isotopic and trace-element ratios of Emperor Seamount basalts
Keller, Randall A
Fisk, Martin R
White, William M
145-883F; 145-884C; 19-192A; 55-433C; AGE; Age, comment; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Elevation of event; Event label; Glomar Challenger; Joides Resolution; Lanthanum/Samarium ratio; Latitude of event; Lead-206/Lead-204 ratio; Lead-207/Lead-204 ratio; Lead-208/Lead-204 ratio; Leg145; Leg19; Leg55; Longitude of event; Neodymium-143/Neodymium-144 ratio; North Pacific/GUYOT; North Pacific/SEAMOUNT; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Rubidium/Strontium ratio; Samarium/Neodymium ratio; Sample code/label; Strontium-87/Strontium-86 ratio; Thorium/Lead ratio; Uranium/Lead ratio
When a mantle plume interacts with a mid-ocean ridge, both are noticeably affected. The mid-ocean ridge can display anomalously shallow bathymetry, excess volcanism, thickened crust, asymmetric sea-floor spreading and a plume component in the composition of the ridge basalts (Schilling, 1973, doi:10.1038/242565a0; Verma et al., 1983, doi:10.1038/306654a0; Ito and Lin, 1995, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0657:OSCHIC>2.3.CO;2; Müller et al., 1998, doi:10.1038/24850). The hotspot-related volcanism can be drawn closer to the ridge, and its geochemical composition can also be affected (Ito and Lin, 1995, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0657:OSCHIC>2.3.CO;2; White et al., 1993, doi:10.1029/93JB02018; Kincaid et al., 1995, doi:10.1038/376758a0; Kingsley and Schilling, 1998, doi:10.1029/98JB01496 ). Here we present Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic analyses of samples from the next-to-oldest seamount in the Hawaiian hotspot track, the Detroit seamount at 51° N, which show that, 81 Myr ago, the Hawaiian hotspot produced volcanism with an isotopic signature indistinguishable from mid-ocean ridge basalt. This composition is unprecedented in the known volcanism from the Hawaiian hotspot, but is consistent with the interpretation from plate reconstructions (Mammerickx and Sharman, 1988, doi:10.1029/JB093iB04p03009) that the hotspot was located close to a mid-ocean ridge about 80 Myr ago. As the rising mantle plume encountered the hot, low-viscosity asthenosphere and hot, thin lithosphere near the spreading centre, it appears to have entrained enough of the isotopically depleted upper mantle to overwhelm the chemical characteristics of the plume itself. The Hawaiian hotspot thus joins the growing list of hotspots that have interacted with a rift early in their history.
title (Table 1) Isotopic and trace-element ratios of Emperor Seamount basalts
topic 145-883F; 145-884C; 19-192A; 55-433C; AGE; Age, comment; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Elevation of event; Event label; Glomar Challenger; Joides Resolution; Lanthanum/Samarium ratio; Latitude of event; Lead-206/Lead-204 ratio; Lead-207/Lead-204 ratio; Lead-208/Lead-204 ratio; Leg145; Leg19; Leg55; Longitude of event; Neodymium-143/Neodymium-144 ratio; North Pacific/GUYOT; North Pacific/SEAMOUNT; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Rubidium/Strontium ratio; Samarium/Neodymium ratio; Sample code/label; Strontium-87/Strontium-86 ratio; Thorium/Lead ratio; Uranium/Lead ratio
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.769853