Record of massive upwellings from the Pacific large low shear velocity province

Pilar Madrigal; Esteban Gazel; Kennet E. Flores; Michael Bizimis; Brian Jicha

doi:10.1038/ncomms13309

Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Record of massive upwellings from the Pacific large low shear velocity province

Pilar Madrigal,
Esteban Gazel,
Kennet E. Flores,
Michael Bizimis,
Brian Jicha

Affiliations

Pilar Madrigal: Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech
Esteban Gazel: Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech
Kennet E. Flores: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York
Michael Bizimis: Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina
Brian Jicha: Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin–Madison

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13309
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Large igneous provinces may record pulses mantle plume upwellings and their relationship with deep-rooted mantle sources. Madrigal et al. present a new petrological model of the Pacific Ocean Large Igneous Province finding that mantle plume pulses were separated by 10–20 Ma.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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