Wallaby Plateau
The Wallaby Plateau, which is also known as the Cuvier Plateau, is a large bathymetric high about 450 kilometres (280 mi) west of
Exclusive Economic Zone.[2]
The Wallaby Plateau largely lies within Australia's extended continental shelf. It apparently consists of attenuated continental crust which is buried beneath a thick sequence of volcanic rocks that are blanketed by marine sediments.[2][5]
Origins
The origins of the Wallaby Plateau date back 130 million years ago during the break up of the Australian and Greater India plates.continental plates. Additionally, even earlier studies of the region attributed the formation of this area to large-scale volcanic activity on the oceanic crust.
Studies
A recent study of the
ridges were discovered as well as a new seafloor. Additionally, on the northeast of the plateau, what researchers believe are volcanic hills, were discovered from the bathymetry
data from the survey.
Survey Samples
A total of ten samples of
seafloor sediments
on the Plateau.
References
- ^ British Oceanographic Data Centre, 2003, GEBCO Digital Atlas. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Environment Research Council, United Kingdom.
- ^ a b c d Geoscience Australia, 2012, Wallaby Plateau. Offshore Southwest Australia. Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia.
- ^ Symonds, P.A., and P. J. Cameron, 1977, The structure and stratigraphy of the Carnarvon Terrace and Wallaby Plateau. The APEA Journal. vol. 17, pp. 30–41.
- ^ British Oceanographic Data Centre, 2010, IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, August 2010 version. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Environment Research Council, United Kingdom.
- ^ a b Nelson, G., M. Hughes, R. Przeslawski, S. Nichol, B. Lewis, and K. Rawsthorn, 2009, Revealing the Wallaby Plateau. AusGeo News. no. 94, pp. 1–4.
- ^ Geoscience Australia
- ISBN 0-642-46791-9. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ISBN 0-642-46750-1. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
External links
- "Wallaby Plateau". Geoscience Australia. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2019.