When a plateau suppresses a plume: Disappearance of the Samoan plume under the Ontong Java Plateau

MG Jackson, VA Finlayson, B Steinberger… - AGU …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Samoan hotspot generated an age‐progressive volcanic track that can be traced back
to 24 Ma at Alexa Bank, but the trace of the older portion (> 24 Ma) of the hotspot track is …

Quantifying Crustal growth in arc‐backarc systems: Gravity inversion modeling of the Lau Basin

C Galley, A Baxter, M Hannington… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The formation and evolution of arc‐backarc systems govern crustal production in some of
the most volcanically and hydrothermally active environments on Earth. This study presents …