The kinematic mechanism study of Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain: Evidence from paleomagnetic records

JIANG Zhaoxia; LI Sanzhong; LIU Qingsong; ZHANG Jianli; ZHANG Yuzhen

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2019061601

2019 Vol. 39, No. 5

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JIANG Zhaoxia, LI Sanzhong, LIU Qingsong, ZHANG Jianli, ZHANG Yuzhen. The kinematic mechanism study of Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain: Evidence from paleomagnetic records[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2019, 39(5): 104-114. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2019061601

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JIANG Zhaoxia, LI Sanzhong, LIU Qingsong, ZHANG Jianli, ZHANG Yuzhen. The kinematic mechanism study of Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain: Evidence from paleomagnetic records[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2019, 39(5): 104-114. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2019061601

The kinematic mechanism study of Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain: Evidence from paleomagnetic records

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Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Techniques, Ministry of Education, College of Marine Geosciences and Institute for Advanced Ocean Study, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Oceanography Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China

Received Date: 16 June 2019

Revised Date: 25 August 2019

Publish Date: 25 October 2019

Abstract

Abstract

The Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain is located in the middle of North Pacific Ocean extending in a direction from northwest to southeast. It consists of two segments, the older Emperor chian trending in N10°W and the Hawaiian chanin extending in N110°E. The research interests of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain remain in the origin of seamount chain and the the sharp bend of the chain, which are the key to the investigation of the upwelling in the mantle, the movement of the lithosphere, and the exchange of material and energy between different layers. Paleomagnetism is the best tool for the kinematic studies on the seamount chain. In this paper, we summarized the previous studies on the formation mechanism of the Hawaiian-Emperor chain and the bend formed 47 Ma, with emphasis on the paleomagnetic evidence for the kinematics process of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain. Key scientific topics and research directions were also discussed.
- hot spot /
- Pacific plate /
- paleomagnetism /
- paleolatitude /
- apparent polar wander path (APWP) /
- Hawaii-Emperor Chain

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