Evidence of multi-phase Cretaceous to Quaternary alkaline magmatism on Tore-Madeira Rise and neighbouring seamounts from 40Ar/39Ar ages.

The Tore-Madeira Rise is a seamount chain located 300 km off the Portugal and Morocco coastsattributed to hotspot activity. U-Pb ages of lavas from the northern and central Tore-Madeira Rise rangebetween 103 and 80.5 Ma whereas 40Ar/39Ar ages from the central and southern Tore-Madeira Rise yield age...

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Main Authors: Merle, R., Jourdan, Fred, Marzoli, A., Renne, P., Grange, Marion, Girardeau, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Geological Society Publishing House 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47430