Bermuda and Appalachian-Labrador rises: Common non-hotspot processes?

Research Article| January 01, 1991 Bermuda and Appalachian-Labrador rises: Common non-hotspot processes? Peter R. Vogt Peter R. Vogt 1Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (1991) 19 (1): 41–44. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1991)019<0041:BAALRC>2.3.CO;2 Article history first online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Peter R. Vogt; Bermuda and Appalachian-Labrador rises: Common non-hotspot processes?. Geology 1991;; 19 (1): 41–44. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1991)019<0041:BAALRC>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Other than the Corner Rise-New England seamounts and associated White Mountains, most postbreakup intraplate igneous activity and topographic uplift in the western North Atlantic and eastern North America do not readily conform to simple hotspot models. For example, the Bermuda Rise trends normal to its predicted hotspot trace. On continental crust, Cretaceous-Eocene igneous activity is scattered along a northeast-trending belt ∼500-1000 km west of and paralleling the continent-ocean boundary. Corresponding activity in the western Atlantic generated seamounts preferentially clustered in a belt ∼1000 km east of the boundary. The Eocene volcanism on Bermuda is paired with coeval magmatism of the Shenandoah igneous province, and both magmatic belts are associated with northeast-trending topographic bulges—the Appalachian-Labrador Rise to the west and the Bermuda Rise (Eocene?) to the east.The above observations suggest the existence of paired asthenosphere upwelling, paralleling and controlled by the deep thermal contrast across the northeast-trending continental margin. Such convection geometry, apparently fixed to the North American plate rather than to hotspots, is consistent with recent convection models by B. Hager. The additional importance of plate-kinematic reorganizations (causing midplate stress enhancement) is suggested by episodic igneous activity ca. 90-100 Ma and 40-45 Ma. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.