Fracture Zone Hot-Spot Interactions Along the Marquesas Fracture Zone

在 1987 年对马克萨斯岛链进行考察期间，主要研究人员绘制了位于马克萨斯隆起与马克萨斯断裂带交汇处的部分高脊的地图。 他们的结论是，断裂带是太平洋板块内的一个薄弱区域，允许来自薄弱热点的岩浆到达地表。 该项目将使用多波束测深工具、重力、磁力、单通道反射和疏浚来勘测马克萨斯断裂带的部分区域。 该调查将研究三个热点在遇到断裂带之前、期间和之后的岩浆表现。 热点交叉处断裂带的形态将与未遇到热点的其他段进行对比。 总体目标是更好地约束断裂带地形的起源、热点的内在尺寸和时间连续性、它们与岩石圈不连续性的相互作用以及马克萨斯断裂带最古老部分的方位角和范围。

During a 1987 expedition to the Marquesas Island chain, the principal investigators mapped part of a high ridge that lies at the intersection of the Marquesas swell with the Marquesas fracture zone. They concluded that the fracture zone is a weak zone within the Pacific plate that allowed magmas from a weak hotspot to reach the surface. This project will survey sections of the Marquesas fracture zone using multibeam bathymetric tools, gravity, magnetics, single-channel reflection, and dredging. The survey will study the magmatic expression of three hotspots before, during, and after they encounter the fracture zone. The morphology of the fracture zone at the hotspot intersections will be contrasted with other segments that have not encountered hotspots. The overall goals are to better constrain the origin of fracture zone topography, the intrinsic dimension and temporal continuity of hotspots, their interaction with lithospheric discontinuities, and the azimuth and extent of the oldest section of the Marquesas fracture zone.