Hikurangi Trench — The Hikurangi Trench (also called the Hikurangi Trough) is a linear deep in the Pacific Ocean off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, lying between the southern end of the Cook Strait and the Chatham Rise. Though much shallower, it … Wikipedia
Plateau de Chatham — 43° 42′ S 179° 42′ E / 43.7, 179.7 … Wikipédia en Français
Ontong Java Plateau — The Ontong Java Plateau is a huge oceanic plateau located in the Pacific Ocean, lying north of the Solomon Islands. The plateau covers an area of approximately 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi), or roughly the size of Alaska, and reaches a… … Wikipedia
Oceanic plateau — An oceanic plateau (also submarine plateau) is a large, relatively flat submarine region that rises well above the level of the ambient seabed.[1] While many oceanic plateaus are composed of continental crust, and often form a step interrupting… … Wikipedia
Ozeanisches Plateau — Direkt angrenzend an Neuseeland (Bildmitte) das Campbell Plateau (unten) und das dreieckige Challenger Plateau (oben), Teile von Zealandia Ein Ozeanisches Plateau (auch Ozeanplateau, Submarines Plateau oder Untermeerisches Plateau) ist ein… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Manihiki Plateau — The Manihiki Plateau is an oceanic plateau in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The Manihiki Plateau was formed by volcanic activity 125 to 120 million years ago during the mid Cretaceous period at a triple junction plate boundary called the Tongareva … Wikipedia
Large igneous province — Only a few of the largest Large Igneous Provinces are indicated (by the dark purple areas) on this geological map, which depicts crustal geologic provinces as seen in seismic refraction data. A Large Igneous Province (LIP) is an extremely large… … Wikipedia
Flood basalt — A flood basalt or trap basalt is the result of a giant volcanic eruption or series of eruptions that coats large stretches of land or the ocean floor with basalt lava. Flood basalts have occurred on continental scales (large igneous provinces) in … Wikipedia
Chatham Rise — Sea floor map of Zealandia Continent The Chatham Rise is an area of ocean floor to the east of New Zealand, forming part of the Zealandia continent. It stretches for some 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) from near the South Island in the west, to… … Wikipedia
Large Igneous Province — Karoo Basalt, eine magmatische Großprovinz in Südafrika Eine Magmatische Großprovinz, mit dem englischen Ausdruck meist Large Igneous Province (LIP) genannt, ist ein Gebiet der Erdkruste, das sehr große Mengen magmatischer Gesteine enthält (bis… … Deutsch Wikipedia
