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How and when plume zonation appeared during the 132 Myr evolution of the Tristan Hotspot

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  • Kaj Hoernle

    (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
    CAU Kiel University, Institute of Geosciences)

  • Joana Rohde

    (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

  • Folkmar Hauff

    (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

  • Dieter Garbe-Schönberg

    (CAU Kiel University, Institute of Geosciences)

  • Stephan Homrighausen

    (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

  • Reinhard Werner

    (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

  • Jason P. Morgan

    (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Abstract

Increasingly, spatial geochemical zonation, present as geographically distinct, subparallel trends, is observed along hotspot tracks, such as Hawaii and the Galapagos. The origin of this zonation is currently unclear. Recently zonation was found along the last ∼70 Myr of the Tristan-Gough hotspot track. Here we present new Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotope data from the older parts of this hotspot track (Walvis Ridge and Rio Grande Rise) and re-evaluate published data from the Etendeka and Parana flood basalts erupted at the initiation of the hotspot track. We show that only the enriched Gough, but not the less-enriched Tristan, component is present in the earlier (70–132 Ma) history of the hotspot. Here we present a model that can explain the temporal evolution and origin of plume zonation for both the Tristan-Gough and Hawaiian hotspots, two end member types of zoned plumes, through processes taking place in the plume sources at the base of the lower mantle.

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  • Kaj Hoernle & Joana Rohde & Folkmar Hauff & Dieter Garbe-Schönberg & Stephan Homrighausen & Reinhard Werner & Jason P. Morgan, 2015. "How and when plume zonation appeared during the 132 Myr evolution of the Tristan Hotspot," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-10, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms8799
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8799
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    1. Stephan Homrighausen & Kaj Hoernle & Folkmar Hauff & Patrick A. Hoyer & Karsten M. Haase & Wolfram H. Geissler & Jörg Geldmacher, 2023. "Evidence for compositionally distinct upper mantle plumelets since the early history of the Tristan-Gough hotspot," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.

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