Manihiki Plateau

The Manihiki Plateau is an oceanic plateau in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The Manihiki Plateau was formed by volcanic activity 125 to 120 million years ago during the mid-Cretaceous period at a triple junction plate boundary called the Tongareva triple junction.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Mid-Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the Tongareva triple junction in the southwestern Pacific Basin

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