👁 Image
Now Featuring: The Bruce Carter Collection at Heritage Auctions, Live May 16th

About Support Us Photos Discussions Search Learn More

Quick Links : The Mindat Manual The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Mindat Newsletter [Free Download]

Home Page About Mindat The Mindat Manual History of Mindat Copyright Status Who We Are Contact Us Advertise on Mindat

Donate to Mindat Corporate Sponsorship Sponsor a Page Sponsored Pages Mindat Advertisers Advertise on Mindat

Learning Center What is a mineral?The most common minerals on earth Information for Educators Mindat Articles The Elements The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Geologic Time

Minerals by Properties Minerals by Chemistry Advanced Locality Search Random Mineral Random Locality Search by minID Localities Near Me Search Articles Search Glossary More Search Options

The Mindat Manual Add a New Photo Rate Photos Locality Edit Report Coordinate Completion Report Add Glossary Item

Mining Companies Statistics Users Mineral Museums Clubs & Organizations Mineral Shows & Events The Mindat Directory Device Settings The Mineral Quiz Time Machine

Photo Search Photo Galleries Search by Color New Photos Today New Photos Yesterday Members' Photo Galleries Past Photo of the Day Gallery Photography

Sharp, W. D. (2006) 50-Ma Initiation of Hawaiian-Emperor Bend Records Major Change in Pacific Plate Motion. Science, 313 (5791). 1281-1284 doi:10.1126/science.1128489

Library Home Bookshelves View by Type Using Search

Books Catalogs/Sales Lists Journals Reports Thesis/Dissertation

Search for Books Search for Journals Manage Subjects Statistics Books without DDC/LCC Top Unstructured Orphaned Articles

Bookshelves (DDC layout)Bookshelves (LCC layout)Latest Books

Reference Type	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Title	50-Ma Initiation of Hawaiian-Emperor Bend Records Major Change in Pacific Plate Motion
Journal	Science
Authors	Sharp, W. D.		Author
Year	2006 (September 1)	Volume	313
Issue	5791
Publisher	American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
DOI	doi:10.1126/science.1128489Search in ResearchGate
	Generate Citation Formats
Mindat Ref. ID	2600218	Long-form Identifier	mindat:1:5:2600218:1
GUID	0
Full Reference	Sharp, W. D. (2006) 50-Ma Initiation of Hawaiian-Emperor Bend Records Major Change in Pacific Plate Motion. Science, 313 (5791). 1281-1284 doi:10.1126/science.1128489
Plain Text	Sharp, W. D. (2006) 50-Ma Initiation of Hawaiian-Emperor Bend Records Major Change in Pacific Plate Motion. Science, 313 (5791). 1281-1284 doi:10.1126/science.1128489
In	(2006, September) Science Vol. 313 (5791) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

👁 Image	*Stock, J. M. (2006) GEOCHEMISTRY: The Hawaiian-Emperor Bend: Older Than Expected. Science, 313 (5791). 1250-1251 doi:10.1126/science.1131789*
👁 Image	*Tikku, A. A., Direen, N. G. (2008) Comment on "Major Australian-Antarctic Plate Reorganization at Hawaiian-Emperor Bend Time". Science, 321 (5888). 490 doi:10.1126/science.1157163*
👁 Image	*(2006) Round the Bend. Science, 313 (5791). 1197 doi:10.1126/science.313.5791.1197f*
👁 Image	Torsvik, Trond H., Doubrovine, Pavel V., Steinberger, Bernhard, Gaina, Carmen, Spakman, Wim, Domeier, Mathew (2017) Pacific plate motion change caused the Hawaiian-Emperor Bend. Nature Communications, 8. doi:10.1038/ncomms15660
👁 Image	Whittaker, J. M., Muller, R. D., Leitchenkov, G., Stagg, H., Sdrolias, M., Gaina, C., Goncharov, A. (2007) Major Australian-Antarctic Plate Reorganization at Hawaiian-Emperor Bend Time. Science, 318 (5847). 83-86 doi:10.1126/science.1143769
👁 Image	Iaffaldano, Giampiero, Lambeck, Kurt (2014) Pacific plate-motion change at the time of the Hawaiian-Emperor bend constrains the viscosity of Earth's asthenosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (10) 3398-3406 doi:10.1002/2014gl059763
👁 Image	Whittaker, J. M., Mu ller, R. D., Leitchenkov, G., Stagg, H., Sdrolias, M., Gaina, C., Goncharov, A. (2008) Response to Comment on "Major Australian-Antarctic Plate Reorganization at Hawaiian-Emperor Bend Time". Science, 321 (5888). 490 doi:10.1126/science.1157501
👁 Image	*Jayawardhana, R. (2006) Discovery of a Young Planetary-Mass Binary. Science, 313 (5791). 1279-1281 doi:10.1126/science.1132128*
👁 Image	*Damschen, E. I. (2006) Corridors Increase Plant Species Richness at Large Scales. Science, 313 (5791). 1284-1286 doi:10.1126/science.1130098*
👁 Image	*Wilson, Douglas S. (2016) Revision of Paleogene plate motions in the Pacific and implications for the Hawaiian-Emperor bend: COMMENT. Geology, 44 (4) doi:10.1130/g37388c.1*
👁 Image	*Normile, D. (2006) Sanguine in Japan. Science, 313 (5791). 1217 doi:10.1126/science.313.5791.1217c*

Mindat.org® is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Mindat® and mindat.org® are registered trademarks of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2026, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau.
To cite: Ralph, J., Von Bargen, D., Martynov, P., Zhang, J., Que, X., Prabhu, A., Morrison, S. M., Li, W., Chen, W., & Ma, X. (2025). Mindat.org: The open access mineralogy database to accelerate data-intensive geoscience research. American Mineralogist, 110(6), 833–844. doi:10.2138/am-2024-9486.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: April 4, 2026 17:50:37

Go to top of page

URL: https://www.mindat.org/reference.php?id=2600218

⇱ Sharp, W. D. (2006) 50-Ma Initiation of Hawaiian-Emperor Bend Records Major Change in Pacific Plate Motion. Science, 313 (5791). 1281-1284 doi:10.1126/science.1128489

Sharp, W. D. (2006) 50-Ma Initiation of Hawaiian-Emperor Bend Records Major Change in Pacific Plate Motion. Science, 313 (5791). 1281-1284 doi:10.1126/science.1128489

See Also