Pacific-Kula Ridge

Pacific-Kula Ridge

The Pacific-Kula Ridge is a former mid-ocean ridge that existed between the Pacific and Kula plates in the Pacific Ocean during the early Tertiary period. Its appearance was in an east-west direction and the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain had its attribution with the ridge. [ [http://bellwether.metapress.com/content/68n5077n3448152l/ A Reappraisal of Stress Field and Convective Roll Models for the Origin and Distribution of Cretaceous to Recent Intraplate Volcanism in the Pacific Basin] ] The Kula-Farallon Ridge lay south of the Hawaii hotspot around 80 million years ago, moving northward relative to the hotspot. [ [http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~kenhon/GEOL205/Chain/default.htm Geology of the Hawaiian Islands] ]

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*Pacific-Farallon Ridge

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