<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>Ginger Barth</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Barry Eakins</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Katherine A. Kelley</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Christina Wertman</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Robert Pockalny</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2021</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;div class="article-section-wrapper js-article-section js-content-section  "&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Line Islands volcanic chain in the central Pacific Ocean exhibits many characteristics of a hotspot-generated seamount chain; however, the lack of a predictable age progression has stymied previous models for the origin of this feature. We combined plate-tectonic reconstructions with seamount age dates and available geochemistry to develop a new model that involves multiple melt regions and multiple melt delivery styles to explain the spatial and temporal history of the Line Islands system. Our model identifies a new melt source region (Larson melt region at ~17°S, ~125°W) that contributed to the formation of the Line Islands, as well as the Mid-Pacific Mountains and possibly the Pukapuka Ridge.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.1130/G49306.1</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Geological Society of America</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Multiple melt source origin of the Line Islands (Pacific Ocean)</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>