Ontong Java Plateau
Ontong Java Plateau
Location of the Ontong Java Plateau in the Pacific Ocean
The Ontong Java Plateau (OJP) is a huge oceanic plateau in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, north of the Solomon Islands. The OJP was formed around 120 million years ago.[1] When eruption of lava ended, the Ontong plateau covered 1% of Earth's surface. It had a volume of 80 million km3 (19 million cu mi) of basaltic magma.[2]
This Ontong Java event was the largest volcanic event of the past 200 million years. Its magma production was several times larger than the Deccan Traps.[3] The smooth surface of the OJP is punctuated by seamounts such as the Ontong Java Atoll, one of the largest atolls in the world.[4][5]
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- ↑ Taylor 2006, Abstract
- ↑ Rizo 2016
- ↑ Tarduno et al. 1991, p. 401
- ↑ Neal et al. 1993, Physical features and gross structure of the OJP, pp. 184–187
- ↑ Neal, Clive R.; Mahoney, John J.; Kroenke, Loren W.; Duncan, Robert A.; Petterson, Michael G. (2013-03-18), "The Ontong Java Plateau", Large Igneous Provinces: continental, oceanic, and planetary flood volcanism, American Geophysical Union, pp. 183–216, doi:10.1029/gm100p0183, ISBN 978-1-118-66434-6
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- Tejada, M. L. G.; Suzuki, K.; Kuroda, J.; Coccioni, R.; Mahoney, J. J.; Ohkouchi, N.; Sakamoto, T.; Tatsumi, Y. (2009). "Ontong Java Plateau eruption as a trigger for the early Aptian oceanic anoxic event". Geology. 37 (9): 855–858. Bibcode:2009Geo....37..855T. doi:10.1130/G25763A.1. Retrieved 17 December 2016.