enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Oceanic plateau - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_plateau

    Other oceanic plateaus, however, are made of rifted continental crust, for example the Falkland Plateau, Lord Howe Rise, and parts of Kerguelen, Seychelles, and Arctic ridges. [3] Plateaus formed by large igneous provinces were formed by the equivalent of continental flood basalts such as the Deccan Traps in India and the Snake River Plain in ...

  3. Kerguelen Plateau - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerguelen_Plateau

    Bathymetry of the Kerguelen Plateau Location of the plateau – the white spot is Kerguelen Island. The Kerguelen Plateau (/ ˈ k ɜːr ɡ əl ən /, / k ər ˈ ɡ eɪ l ən /), [1] also known as the Kerguelen–Heard Plateau, [2] is an oceanic plateau and large igneous province (LIP) located on the Antarctic Plate, in the southern Indian Ocean. [3]

  4. Plateau - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateau

    Satellite image of the Tibetan Plateau between the Himalayan mountains to the south and the Taklamakan Desert to the north. In geology and physical geography, a plateau (/ p l ə ˈ t oʊ, p l æ ˈ t oʊ, ˈ p l æ t oʊ /; French:; pl.: plateaus or plateaux), [1] [2] also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the ...

  5. Shatsky Rise - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatsky_Rise

    The Shatsky Rise is Earth's third largest oceanic plateau, [1] (after Ontong Java and Kerguelen) located in the north-west Pacific Ocean 1,500 km (930 mi) east of Japan.It is one of a series of Pacific Cretaceous large igneous provinces (LIPs) together with Hess Rise, Magellan Rise, and Ontong Java-Manihiki-Hikurangi. [2]

  6. Broken Ridge - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Ridge

    The Broken Ridge or Broken Plateau is an oceanic plateau in the south-eastern Indian Ocean. The Broken Ridge once formed a large igneous province (LIP) together with the Kerguelen Plateau . When Australia and Antarctica started to separate, the Broken Ridge and the Kerguelen Plateau got separated by the Southeast Indian Ridge . [ 1 ]

  7. List of tectonic plates - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates

    Map showing Earth's principal tectonic plates and their boundaries in detail. These plates comprise the bulk of the continents and the Pacific Ocean.For purposes of this list, a major plate is any plate with an area greater than 20 million km 2 (7.7 million sq mi)

  8. Volcanic plateau - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_plateau

    Satellite image of the Big Raven Plateau in British Columbia, Canada Rangipo Desert of the North Island Volcanic Plateau. Numerous tephra layers are visible. The Pajarito Plateau in New Mexico, United States is an example of a volcanic plateau. A volcanic plateau is a plateau produced by volcanic activity. There are two main types: lava ...

  9. Category:Plateaus by country - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Plateaus_by_country

    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Plateaus of the Central African Republic (1 P) Plateaus of Chile (3 C, 5 P)