Topographic expression of the Danger Islands Troughs and implications for the tectonic evolution of the Manihiki Plateau, western equatorial Pacific Ocean

The Manihiki Plateau in the western equatorial Pacific Ocean is a Cretaceous Large Igneous Province. Several studies have proposed that the Manihiki Plateau was formed by the same mantle plume that formed the Ontong Java and Hikurangi plateaus ca. 125 Ma. Recent multibeam bathymetric surveys of the...

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Main Authors: Nakanishi, M, Nakamura, Y, Coffin, MF, Hoernle, K, Werner, R
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of America 2015
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Geology
Marine Geoscience
Danger Islands
Pacific
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1130/2015.2511(11
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/106066

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