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What general direction was the Pacific plate moving between 70.7 and 43.4 million years ago?

What general direction was the Pacific plate moving between 70.7 and 43.4 million years ago?

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
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What general direction was the Pacific plate moving between 70.7 and 43.4 million years ago?

160W Akeutian Trench 180 170 W - 50ʻN- Meiji Seamount (5.000/70.7) Shaded areas designate zones between sea surface and 2 km below sea surface + Topographic high Figures in parentheses: (km from Kilauea/millions of years) 40'N- 40°N- 1,000 500 kilometers Hawaian-Emperor Bend Yuryaku Seamount (3,520/43.4) Midway Island (2,432/27.7) 30'N 30'N Ha Kauai (5195.1) Ridge Hawaian Islands 20'N Hawali 160 W Kilauea 170 W 180 170'E Figure 3. Map of the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount chain. Points show the locations of basalt lava samples. Parentheses enclose two numbers: distance to Kilauea in kilometers and age of sample in millions of years (determined by radiometric dating). Emperor Seamounts
Transcribed Image Text:160W Akeutian Trench 180 170 W - 50ʻN- Meiji Seamount (5.000/70.7) Shaded areas designate zones between sea surface and 2 km below sea surface + Topographic high Figures in parentheses: (km from Kilauea/millions of years) 40'N- 40°N- 1,000 500 kilometers Hawaian-Emperor Bend Yuryaku Seamount (3,520/43.4) Midway Island (2,432/27.7) 30'N 30'N Ha Kauai (5195.1) Ridge Hawaian Islands 20'N Hawali 160 W Kilauea 170 W 180 170'E Figure 3. Map of the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount chain. Points show the locations of basalt lava samples. Parentheses enclose two numbers: distance to Kilauea in kilometers and age of sample in millions of years (determined by radiometric dating). Emperor Seamounts
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