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    sides. There are 184 oceanic plateaus in the world, covering an area of 18,486,600 km2 (7,137,700 sq mi) or about 5.11% of the oceans. The South Pacific...
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    The Kerguelen Plateau ( /ˈkɜːrɡələn/, /kərˈɡeɪlən/), also known as the Kerguelen–Heard Plateau, is an oceanic plateau and large igneous province (LIP)...
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    In geology and physical geography, a plateau (/pləˈtoʊ, plæˈtoʊ, ˈplætoʊ/; French: [plato]; pl.: plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland...
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  • The Ontong Java Plateau (OJP) is a massive oceanic plateau located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, north of the Solomon Islands. The OJP was formed...
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    deepest parts of their respective water bodies, but are not oceanic trenches. An oceanic plateau is a large, relatively flat submarine region that rises well...
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    Azores Plateau or Azores Platform is an oceanic plateau encompassing the Azores archipelago and the Azores Triple Junction in the North Atlantic Ocean. It...
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    is the second-largest oceanic plateau in the Indian Ocean after the Kerguelen Plateau. The northern part of the Mascarene Plateau includes the Agaléga...
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    -31; 95 Broken Ridge (Indian Ocean) The Broken Ridge or Broken Plateau is an oceanic plateau in the south-eastern Indian Ocean. The Broken Ridge once formed...
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    Chagos–Lakshadweep Plateau, is a prominent volcanic ridge and oceanic plateau extending between the Northern and the Central Indian Ocean. Laccadive is an...
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    eastern Pacific oceanic plateau, of which the Caribbean-Colombian oceanic plateau is the tectonized remnant. The deeper levels of the plateau have been exposed...
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  • Plateau[citation needed] Bollons Seamount – Continental fragment seamount southeast of New Zealand Broken Ridge – Oceanic plateau in the Indian Ocean...
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    spreading." That original definition included continental flood basalts, oceanic plateaus, large dike swarms (the eroded roots of a volcanic province), and volcanic...
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    Margin". NOAA Ocean Explorer. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Retrieved 7 February 2012. "George S. Blake". National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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  • Plateau or plateaux or plateaus may also refer to: Dissected plateau, a highly eroded plateau which may have sharp relief Oceanic plateau, a submarine area...
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    The Hikurangi Plateau is an oceanic plateau in the South Pacific Ocean east of the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of a large igneous province...
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    Shatsky Rise (category Plateaus of the Pacific Ocean)
    Rise is Earth's third largest oceanic plateau, (after Ontong Java and Kerguelen) located in the north-west Pacific Ocean 1,500 km (930 mi) east of Japan...
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    volcanism in what are called large igneous provinces have produced huge oceanic plateaus and flood basalts in the past. These can comprise hundreds of large...
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  • Mid-ocean ridge – Basaltic underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonic spreading Oceanic basin – Geologic basin under the sea Oceanic plateau –...
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    The Iceland Plateau or Icelandic Plateau is an oceanic plateau in the North Atlantic Ocean consisting of Iceland and its contiguous shelf and marginal...
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    The Agulhas Plateau is an oceanic plateau located in the south-western Indian Ocean about 500 km (310 mi) south of South Africa. It is a remainder of...
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    The Tibetan Plateau, also known as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and Qing–Zang Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South...
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    Flood basalt (redirect from Plateau basalt)
    Principal LIPs in the ocean basins include Oceanic Volcanic Plateaus (OPs) and Volcanic Passive Continental Margins. Oceanic flood basalts are LIPs distinguished...
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    coordinates) There are nine named plateaus in Yellowstone National Park. These plateaus are part of the much larger Yellowstone Plateau and dominate areas in the...
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    M.; Saleeby, J.; Müller, R.D.; Jackson, J.M. (2010). "The role of oceanic plateau subduction in the Laramide orogeny" (PDF). Nature Geoscience. 3 (5):...
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    175400°W / 44.042850; -110.175400, North Two Ocean Creek flows down from its drainage on the side of Two Ocean Plateau, and divides its waters roughly equally...
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    Genesis of Primitive Tonalites Associated With An Accreting Cretaceous Oceanic Plateau: The Aruba Batholith and the Aruba Lava Formation" (PDF). 3rd International...
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    Tamu Massif (category Seamounts of the Pacific Ocean)
    summit. The Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau is comparable in size to California or Japan, but Tamu Massif, which is the plateau's oldest and largest edifice...
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    The Manihiki Plateau is an oceanic plateau in the south-west Pacific Ocean. The Manihiki Plateau was formed by volcanic activity 126 to 116 million years...
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    The Chukchi Plateau or Chukchi Cap is a large subsea formation extending north from the Alaskan margin into the Arctic Ocean. The ridge is normally covered...
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    others are fragments of oceanic crust obducted onto the continental margin while others represent small isolated mid-oceanic islands. Magma generated...
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