Galápagos plume track

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The Galápagos plume track is a volcanic hotspot trail on the Pacific seafloor formed by the movement of tectonic plates over the Galápagos mantle plume, creating features such as the Cocos Ridge and associated seamount chains.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hotspot track ⓘ
tectonic feature ⓘ
volcanic feature ⓘ
ageProgression older volcanic edifices farther from the Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
associatedWith Cocos–Nazca spreading center ⓘ
Galápagos Spreading Center ⓘ
characterizedBy age-progressive seamount chains ⓘ
linear volcanic ridges ⓘ
evidenceFor hotspot reference frame reconstructions ⓘ
relative motion of Cocos Plate over the Galápagos plume ⓘ
relative motion of Nazca Plate over the Galápagos plume ⓘ
evidenceFrom geochemical isotopic signatures of lavas ⓘ
radiometric dating of basalts ⓘ
seafloor magnetic anomalies ⓘ
formedBy Galápagos mantle plume ⓘ
linked to: Galápagos hotspot

mantle plume volcanism ⓘ
formedByProcess partial melting of upwelling mantle plume material ⓘ
genesisProcess plate motion over a fixed mantle plume ⓘ
hasPart Carnegie Ridge ⓘ
Carnegie Ridge seamounts ⓘ
Cocos Ridge ⓘ
Cocos Ridge seamounts ⓘ
Cocos–Nazca spreading center seamount chains ⓘ
Coiba Ridge ⓘ
linked to: Galápagos Rise

Malpelo Ridge ⓘ
Wolf–Darwin lineament ⓘ
hotspotType deep mantle plume hotspot ⓘ
influences bathymetry of the eastern equatorial Pacific seafloor ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter Galápagos Islands ⓘ
olderEndExtendsToward Central America ⓘ
onTectonicPlate Cocos Plate ⓘ
Nazca Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
orientation generally east–west ⓘ
relatedTo Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
intraoceanic large igneous province formation ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
substrate oceanic crust ⓘ
tectonicSetting Nazca–Cocos–Pacific plate triple junction region ⓘ
intraplate volcanism ⓘ
youngerEndNear Galápagos Islands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cocos Ridge → relatedTo → Galápagos plume track ⓘ
Carnegie Ridge → associatedWith → Galápagos hotspot track ⓘ
linked to: Galápagos plume track
Carnegie Ridge → isPartOf → Nazca–Cocos–Galápagos hotspot track system ⓘ
linked to: Galápagos plume track
Malpelo Ridge → geologicalProvince → Galápagos hotspot track ⓘ
linked to: Galápagos plume track
Malpelo Ridge → isPartOf → Galápagos hotspot track system ⓘ
linked to: Galápagos plume track