Pacific-Kula Ridge Explained

The Pacific-Kula Ridge is a former mid-ocean ridge that existed between the Pacific and Kula plates in the Pacific Ocean during the Paleogene period. Its appearance was in an east–west direction and the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain had its attribution with the ridge.^[1] The Pacific-Kula Ridge lay south of the Hawaii hotspot around 80 million years ago, moving northward relative to the hotspot.^[2]

See also

• Pacific-Farallon Ridge

Notes and References

1. Smith . Alan . April 2003 . A Reappraisal of Stress Field and Convective Roll Models for the Origin and Distribution of Cretaceous to Recent Intraplate Volcanism in the Pacific Basin . International Geology Review . 45 . 4 . 287–302 . 10.2747/0020-6814.45.4.287. 2003IGRv...45..287S . 129463020 .
2. http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~kenhon/GEOL205/Chain/default.htm Geology of the Hawaiian Islands