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- Oceanic_plateau abstract "An oceanic plateau (also submarine plateau) is a large, relatively flat submarine region that rises well above the level of the ambient seabed. While many oceanic plateaus are composed of continental crust, and often form a step interrupting the continental slope, some plateaus are undersea remnants of large igneous provinces. These were formed by the equivalent of continental flood basalts such as the Deccan Traps in India and the Snake River Plain in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. There are over 180 oceanic plateaus covering an area of 18,486,600 km2, or about 5% of the oceans. The South Pacific region around Australia and New Zealand contains the greatest number of oceanic plateaus (see map).Map showing the location of oceanic plateaus (in green) in the Australia-New Zealand region of the South PacificGeologists believe that igneous oceanic plateaus may well represent a stage in the development of continental crust as they are generally less dense than oceanic crust while still being denser than normal continental crust.Density differences in crustal material largely arise from different ratios of various elements, especially silicon. Continental crust has the highest amount of silicon (such rock is called felsic). Oceanic crust has a smaller amount of silicon (mafic rock). Igneous oceanic plateaus have a ratio intermediate between continental and oceanic crust, although they are more mafic than felsic.However, when a plate carrying oceanic crust subducts under a plate carrying an igneous oceanic plateau, the volcanism which erupts on the plateau as the oceanic crust heats up on its descent into the mantle erupts material which is more felsic than the material which makes up the plateau. This represents a step toward creating crust which is increasingly continental in character, being less dense and more buoyant. If an igneous oceanic plateau is subducted underneath another one, or under existing continental crust, the eruptions produced thereby produce material that is yet more felsic, and so on through geologic time.".
- Oceanic_plateau thumbnail Map_showing_the_location_of_oceanic_plateaus_(in_green)_in_the_Australia-New_Zealand_region_of_the_South_Pacific.svg?width=300.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageExternalLink abstract_95369.htm.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageExternalLink les-plateaux-oceaniques.
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- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageRevisionID "695745987".
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Abyssal_plain.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Agulhas_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Bathymetry.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Broken_Ridge.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Campbell_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Caribbean-Colombian_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Category:Coastal_and_oceanic_landforms.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Category:Oceanic_plateaus.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Category:Oceanographical_terminology.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Category:Physical_oceanography.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Category:Plate_tectonics.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Challenger_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Continental_crust.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Continental_margin.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Deccan_Traps.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Exmouth_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Felsic.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Flood_basalt.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Hikurangi_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Kerguelen_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Large_igneous_province.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink List_of_landforms.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Lord_Howe_Rise.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Mafic.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Manihiki_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Mascarene_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Naturaliste_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Ocean_bank.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Oceanic_crust.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Ontong_Java_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Pacific_Northwest.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Plate_tectonics.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Shatsky_Rise.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Silicon.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Snake_River_Plain.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Subduction.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Vøring_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Wrangellia_Terrane.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink Yermak_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLink File:Map_showing_the_location_of_oceanic_plateaus_(in_green)_in_the_Australia-New_Zealand_region_of_the_South_Pacific.svg.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLinkText "Oceanic plateau".
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLinkText "oceanic plateau".
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLinkText "plateaus".
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageWikiLinkText "submarine plateau".
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Fr.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Physical_oceanography.
- Oceanic_plateau wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Oceanic_plateau subject Category:Coastal_and_oceanic_landforms.
- Oceanic_plateau subject Category:Oceanic_plateaus.
- Oceanic_plateau subject Category:Oceanographical_terminology.
- Oceanic_plateau subject Category:Physical_oceanography.
- Oceanic_plateau subject Category:Plate_tectonics.
- Oceanic_plateau type Landform.
- Oceanic_plateau type Redirect.
- Oceanic_plateau comment "An oceanic plateau (also submarine plateau) is a large, relatively flat submarine region that rises well above the level of the ambient seabed. While many oceanic plateaus are composed of continental crust, and often form a step interrupting the continental slope, some plateaus are undersea remnants of large igneous provinces.".
- Oceanic_plateau label "Oceanic plateau".
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs Q1271224.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs Ozeanisches_Plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs Meseta_oceánica.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs Meseta_oceánica.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs समुद्री_पठार.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs 海台.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs 해대.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs Oceanisch_plateau.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs Planalto_oceânico.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs m.0ccbzj.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs Океаническое_плато.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs Океанічне_плато.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs Q1271224.
- Oceanic_plateau sameAs 海底高原.
- Oceanic_plateau wasDerivedFrom Oceanic_plateau?oldid=695745987.
- Oceanic_plateau depiction Map_showing_the_location_of_oceanic_plateaus_(in_green)_in_the_Australia-New_Zealand_region_of_the_South_Pacific.svg.
- Oceanic_plateau isPrimaryTopicOf Oceanic_plateau.