absolute age, alkaline earth metals, Ar/Ar, basalts, Cenozoic, Emperor Seamounts, Eocene, geochemistry, hafnium, Hawaiian Ridge, Hf-177/Hf-176, igneous, rocks, isotope, ratios, K/Ar, large igneous provinces, lava, lead, magmas, major elements, mantle, metals, Nd-144/Nd-143, neodymium, Pacific Ocean, Paleogene, Pb-206/Pb-204, Pb-207/Pb-204, Pb-208/Pb-204, petrology, radioactive isotopes, rare earths, Sr-87/Sr-86, stable isotopes, strontium, submarine volcanoes, Tertiary, trace elements, volcanic rocks, volcanism, volcanoes
The Northwest Hawaiian Ridge is a classic example of a large igneous province. The morphology and geology of the ridge is poorly characterized, although it constitutes the longest segment (~47%) of the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain. Here we present a new bathymetric compilation, petrographic and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) data for lavas from 12 volcanoes along the Northwest Hawaiian Ridge, and review literature data for the age and isotopic variation of the ridge.