TY - JOUR T1 - Building of the Amsterdam-Saint Paul plateau: A 10 Myr history of a ridge-hot spot interaction and variations in the strength of the hot spot source A1 - Maia,Marcia A1 - Pessanha,Ivo A1 - Courreges,Esther A1 - Patriat,Martin A1 - Gente,Pascal A1 - Hemond,Christophe A1 - Janin,Myriam A1 - Johnson,Kevin A1 - Roest,Walter A1 - Royer,Jean-Yves A1 - Vatteville,Judith AD - Univ Europeenne Bretagne, Rennes, France. AD - Univ Brest, Inst Univ Europeen Mer, Lab Domaines Ocean, CNRS, F-29280 Plouzane, France. AD - IFREMER, Ctr Brest, Dept Geosci Marines, F-29280 Plouzane, France. AD - Univ Hawaii Manoa, Dept Geol & Geophys, Sch Ocean & Earth Sci & Technol, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA. AD - Inst Phys Globe, Lab Dynam Fluides Geol, F-75252 Paris, France. UR - https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00047/15865/ DO - 10.1029/2010JB007768 N2 - The Amsterdam-Saint Paul plateau results from a 10 Myr interaction between the South East Indian Ridge and the Amsterdam-Saint Paul hot spot. During this period of time, the structure of the plateau changed as a consequence of changes in both the ridge-hot spot relative distance and in the strength of the hot spot source. The joint analysis of gravity-derived crust thickness and bathymetry reveals that the plateau started to form at similar to 10 Ma by an increase of the crustal production at the ridge axis, due to the nearby hot spot. This phase, which lasted 3-4 Myr, corresponds to a period of a strong hot spot source, maybe due to a high temperature or material flux, and decreasing ridge-hot spot distance. A second phase, between similar to 6 and similar to 3 Ma, corresponds to a decrease in the ridge crustal production. During this period, the hot spot center was close to the ridge axis and this reduced magmatic activity suggests a weak hot spot source. At similar to 3 Ma, the ridge was located approximately above the hot spot center. An increase in the hot spot source strength then resulted in the building of the shallower part of the plateau. The variations of the melt production at the ridge axis through time resulted in variations in crustal thickness but also in changes in the ridge morphology. The two periods of increased melt production correspond to smooth ridge morphology, characterized by axial highs, while the intermediate period corresponds to a rougher, rift-valley morphology. These variations reveal changes in axial thermal structure due to higher melting production rates and temperatures. Y1 - 2011/09 PB - Amer Geophysical Union JF - Journal Of Geophysical Research-solid Earth SN - 0148-0227 VL - 116 IS - B09104 ID - 15865 ER -