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Description
In this table we review new 40Ar/39Ar age results together with all previously published ages for the West Pacific Seamount Province or WPSP. Conventional K-Ar ages have been omitted from this compilation since these ages may be inaccurate due to pervasive seawater alteration. |
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Geological Age Range and Timescale 140 - 69 Ma, Mesozoic |
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Location 0º 00.00' N - 37º 00.00' N140º 00.00' E - 180º 00.00' W, Pacific Ocean, West Pacific Seamount Province, Japanese Seamount Trail, Typhoon Seamount Trail, Northern Wake Seamount Trail, Southern Wake Seamount Trail, Magellan Seamount Trail, Ujlan Seamount Trail, Anewetak Seamount Trail, Ralik Seamount Trail, Ratak Seamount Trail, Gilberts Ridge, Marshall Islands |
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Keywords 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, argon, ocean island basalts, Pacific plate, plagioclase, hornblende, groundmass, seamount trails, guyots, atolls |
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