The relationship of the Cocos and Carnegie ridges: age constraints from paleogeographic reconstructions
The relationship of the Cocos and Carnegie ridges: age constraints from paleogeographic reconstructions
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科科斯海岭和卡内基海岭的关系:古地理重建的年龄限制
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2001
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U. Barckhausen
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M. Meschede;U. Barckhausen
Paleogeographic restorations for the oceanic crust formed by the Cocos-Nacza spreading center and its precursors were performed to reconstruct the history and ages of the submarine aseismic ridges in the Eastern Pacific Basin, the Carnegie, Coiba, Cocos, and Malpelo ridges. The bipartition of the Carnegie ridge reflects the shift from a precursor to the presently active Cocos-Nazca spreading center. The Cocos ridge is partly composed of products from the Galápagos hotspot but may also contain material from a second center of volcanic activity which is located approximately 600 km NE of Galápagos. The Malpelo ridge is a product of this second hotspot center, whereas the Coiba ridge probably formed at the Galápagos hotspot. The geometric relationship of the Cocos and Carnegie ridges indicates symmetric spreading and a constant northward shift of the presently active Cocos-Nazca spreading center.