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Oceanic Hotspots

Intraplate Submarine Magmatism and Tectonism

  • Detailed review of recent advances in our knowledge of intraplate submarine magmatism and tectonism
  • Multi-disciplinary approach
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
  2. Introduction

    • Roger Hekinian, Jean-Louis Cheminée, Peter Stoffers
    Pages 1-7
  3. Sea-Floor Topography and Morphology of the Superswell Region

    • K. Jordahl, D. Caress, M. McNutt, A. Bonneville
    Pages 9-28
  4. South Pacific Intraplate Volcanism: Structure, Morphology and Style of Eruption

    • N. Binard, R. Hekinian, P. Stoffers, J. L. Cheminée
    Pages 157-207
  5. Submarine Landslides in French Polynesia

    • V. Clouard, A. Bonneville
    Pages 209-238
  6. Mantle Plumes are NOT From Ancient Oceanic Crust

    • Y. Niu, M. J. O’Hara
    Pages 239-252
  7. The Sources for Hotspot Volcanism in the South Pacific Ocean

    • C. W. Devey, K. M. Haase
    Pages 253-284
  8. Ridge Suction Drives Plume-Ridge Interactions

    • Y. Niu, R. Hekinian
    Pages 285-307
  9. The Foundation Chain: Inferring Hotspot-Plate Interaction from a Weak Seamount Trail

    • J. M. O’Connor, P. Stoffers, J. R. Wijbrans
    Pages 349-374
  10. Hydrothermal Iron and Manganese Crusts from the Pitcairn Hotspot Region

    • J. C. Scholten, S. D. Scott, D. Garbe-Schönberg, J. Fietzke, T. Blanz, C. B. Kennedy
    Pages 375-405
  11. Methane Venting into the Water Column Above the Pitcairn and the Society — Austral Seamounts, South Pacific

    • O. Thießen, M. Schmidt, R. Botz, M. Schmitt, P. Stoffers
    Pages 407-429
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 461-480

Editors and Affiliations

  • Keryunan, Saint Renan, France

    Roger Hekinian

  • Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Peter Stoffers

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Oceanic Hotspots

  • Book Subtitle: Intraplate Submarine Magmatism and Tectonism

  • Editors: Roger Hekinian, Jean-Louis Cheminée, Peter Stoffers

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18782-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-40859-8Published: 07 April 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-62290-8Published: 30 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-18782-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 480

  • Topics: Oceanography, Geochemistry, Geophysics/Geodesy, Mineralogy

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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