Defining the Continental Margin of Hot-Spot Island Chains: A Replicable Geologic Workflow for Continental Shelf Extension in Compliance with Article 76, U.N. Convention of the Law of the Sea
Felipe Aron1,2, Carla Hervías2, Alejandro Silva2, Giovanni Menanno2, Nicolás Pérez-Estay2,3, Alejandro Sanhueza2, Marcela Bilbao2, Gaspar González2, Leonardo Toledo2, Gonzalo A Yanez4,5 and Luis E. Lara6,7, (1)University of Chile, Departamento de Geología, Santiago, Chile, (2)National Department of State Borders and Boundaries (DIFROL), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Continental Shelf Unit, Santiago, Chile, (3)The University of British Columbia, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (4)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Deparment of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Macul, Santiago, Chile, (5)United Nations, Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), New York, United States, (6)Austral University of Chile, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, Valdivia, Chile, (7)Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes, Antofagasta, Chile