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South Pacific Intraplate Volcanism: Structure, Morphology and Style of Eruption

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Oceanic Hotspots

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Intraplate volcanic activity in the Pacific (Fig. 5.1) has been observed and/or seismically recorded in the following areas: (1) Samoa Islands with the Rockne Seamount (Johnson 1984); (2) the Society archipelago with the Teahitia Seamount (Cheminée et al. 1989; see Sect. 2.3.5) and seismically active Mehetia Island (Talandier and Okal 1987; see Sect. 2.3.5.1); (3) the Austral archipelago with Macdonald Seamount (Johnson 1970; see Sect.2.4.1); (4) the Pitcairn hotspot with the Bounty Volcano (Stoffers et al.1990); and (5) Hawaii. Numerous geological and geophysical investigations have been carried out in the Pacific, including the Line Islands (Schlanger et al. 1984), Marquesas Islands (McNutt 1989; Duncan and McDougall 1974), Austral Society Islands (Duncan and McDougall 1976) and the Louisville chain (Lonsdale 1988; Watts et al.1988). Nevertheless, except for Hawaii (Macdonald and Abbott 1970; Fornari et al. 1979, 1980, 1988; Lonsdale 1989), little is known about the morphology and structure of submarine intraplate volcanoes in the Pacific.

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Binard, N., Hekinian, R., Stoffers, P., Cheminée, J.L. (2004). South Pacific Intraplate Volcanism: Structure, Morphology and Style of Eruption. In: Hekinian, R., Cheminée, JL., Stoffers, P. (eds) Oceanic Hotspots. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18782-7_6

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