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Major Australian-Antarctic plate reorganization at Hawaiian-Emperor bend time. / Whittaker, J. M.; Müller, R. D.; Leitchenkov, G.; Stagg, H.; Sdrolias, M.; Gaina, C.; Goncharov, A.

In: Science, Vol. 318, No. 5847, 05.10.2007, p. 83-86.

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Whittaker, JM, Müller, RD, Leitchenkov, G, Stagg, H, Sdrolias, M, Gaina, C & Goncharov, A 2007, 'Major Australian-Antarctic plate reorganization at Hawaiian-Emperor bend time', Science, vol. 318, no. 5847, pp. 83-86. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1143769

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Whittaker, J. M., Müller, R. D., Leitchenkov, G., Stagg, H., Sdrolias, M., Gaina, C., & Goncharov, A. (2007). Major Australian-Antarctic plate reorganization at Hawaiian-Emperor bend time. Science, 318(5847), 83-86. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1143769

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Whittaker JM, Müller RD, Leitchenkov G, Stagg H, Sdrolias M, Gaina C et al. Major Australian-Antarctic plate reorganization at Hawaiian-Emperor bend time. Science. 2007 Oct 5;318(5847):83-86. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1143769

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Whittaker, J. M. ; Müller, R. D. ; Leitchenkov, G. ; Stagg, H. ; Sdrolias, M. ; Gaina, C. ; Goncharov, A. / Major Australian-Antarctic plate reorganization at Hawaiian-Emperor bend time. In: Science. 2007 ; Vol. 318, No. 5847. pp. 83-86.

BibTeX

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abstract = "A marked bend in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain supposedly resulted from a recent major reorganization of the plate-mantle system there 50 million years ago. Although alternative mantle-driven and plate-shifting hypotheses have been proposed, no contemporaneous circum-Pacific plate events have been identified. We report reconstructions for Australia and Antarctica that reveal a major plate reorganization between 50 and 53 million years ago. Revised Pacific Ocean sea-floor reconstructions suggest that subduction of the Pacific-Izanagi spreading ridge and subsequent Marianas/Tonga-Kermadec subduction initiation may have been the ultimate causes of these events. Thus, these plate reconstructions solve long-standing continental fit problems and improve constraints on the motion between East and West Antarctica and global plate circuit closure.",
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