Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma

M Seton, RD Müller, S Zahirovic, C Gaina… - Earth-Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
Global plate motion models provide a spatial and temporal framework for geological data
and have been effective tools for exploring processes occurring at the earth's surface …

[HTML][HTML] Reconciling the Cretaceous breakup and demise of the Phoenix Plate with East Gondwana orogenesis in New Zealand

SHA van de Lagemaat, PJJ Kamp, LM Boschman… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Following hundreds of millions of years of subduction in all circum-Pacific margins, the
Pacific Plate started to share a mid-ocean ridge connection with continental Antarctica …

The single largest oceanic plateau: Ontong Java–Manihiki–Hikurangi

B Taylor - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2006 - Elsevier
Oceanic plateaus are mafic igneous provinces commonly thought to derive from ascending
mantle plumes. By far the largest, the Ontong Java Plateau (OJP) was emplaced ca. 120 Ma …

Hikurangi Plateau: Crustal structure, rifted formation, and Gondwana subduction history

B Davy, K Hoernle, R Werner - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Seismic reflection profiles across the Hikurangi Plateau Large Igneous Province and
adjacent margins reveal the faulted volcanic basement and overlying Mesozoic‐Cenozoic …

A younger and protracted emplacement of the Ontong Java Plateau

PC Davidson, AAP Koppers, T Sano, T Hanyu - Science, 2023 - science.org
The submarine volcanic emplacement of the Ontong Java Plateau (OJP) is the suggested
cause of Ocean Anoxic Event 1a (OAE 1a). However, no precise timing and duration exists …

Late Cretaceous to recent plate motions in western South America revisited

R Somoza, ME Ghidella - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2012 - Elsevier
The Andean Cordillera has evolved since the Late Cretaceous in the context of subduction
of oceanic lithosphere beneath continental lithosphere, making the kinematics between …

Age and geochemistry of volcanic rocks from the Hikurangi and Manihiki oceanic Plateaus

K Hoernle, F Hauff, P Van den Bogaard… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2010 - Elsevier
Here we present the first radiometric age data and a comprehensive geochemical data set
(including major and trace element and Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotope ratios) for samples from the …

The tectonic fabric of the ocean basins

KJ Matthews, RD Müller, P Wessel… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We present a global community data set of fracture zones (FZs), discordant zones,
propagating ridges, V‐shaped structures and extinct ridges, digitized from vertical gravity …

Age and geochemistry of the oceanic Manihiki Plateau, SW Pacific: New evidence for a plume origin

C Timm, K Hoernle, R Werner, F Hauff… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
We present 40Ar/39Ar age and geochemical (major and trace element and Sr–Nd–Hf–Pb
isotope) data from submarine samples recovered from the basement of the Manihiki Plateau …

Basin formation, magmatism, and exhumation document southward migrating flat-slab subduction in the central Andes

JE Saylor, KE Sundell, ND Perez, JB Hensley… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Andean Plateau is the largest plateau formed in a non-collisional
setting and is taller, wider, has thicker crust, and has greater retroarc shortening than any …