Geology of Zealandia information

See Zealandia (disambiguation) for other than Continent Zealandia is an area of mostly submerged continental crust that contains New Zealand and New Caledonia...

Zealandia (pronounced /ziːˈlændiə/), also known as Te Riu-a-Māui (Māori) or Tasmantis (from Tasman Sea), is an almost entirely submerged mass of continental...

deep sea westward facing volcanic arc of Zealandia continental crust extending from 55 kilometres (34 mi) northwest of Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua, New...

Australian Plate and Pacific Plates. New Zealand is part of Zealandia, a microcontinent nearly half the size of Australia that broke away from the Gondwanan supercontinent...

the formation of Hikurangi. It could be derived from the mantle plume that caused the break-up of Gondwana and the separation of Zealandia from Antarctica...

northward from New Zealand's offshore Taupō Volcanic Zone commencing at Zealandia's continental shelf margin and continuing as a tectonic feature, as the...

and evolution of the Wishbone Ridge, southwest Pacific Cretaceous microplates, and Zealandia - West Antarctica breakup" (PDF). Geology. 34 (3): 185–188...

located west of the Kermadec Trench in the south Pacific Ocean. Also included on this tectonic plate is a small portion of the North Island of New Zealand...

America South America Zealandia. Due to lacking the presence of Precambrian cratonic rocks, Zealandia's status as a geological continent has been disputed...

continental shelf of Zealandia. Over the basement volcanics is deposited up to 500 m (1,600 ft) of sediment. The thicker sediments of the Kupe Abyssal...

lies about 2000 m below sea level and consists of Late Cretaceous continental crust. It is part of Zealandia, a submerged continent that sank 60-85 million...

the geology of Zealandia as a mainly underwater continent. It extends from 700 km (430 mi) south of New Caledonia to almost the eastern edge of the Campbell...

history of New Zealand began when the landmass Zealandia broke away from the supercontinent Gondwana in the Cretaceous period. Before this time, Zealandia shared...

Zealandia Bank, also known as Farallon de Torres or Piedras de Torres in Spanish, or Papaungan in Chamorro, consists of two rocky pinnacles about 1.5...

outlying islands. While the land's volcanism dates back to before the Zealandia microcontinent rifted away from Gondwana 60–130 million years ago, activity...

Adria in 2019). Although the existence of lost continents in the above sense is mythical (aside from Zealandia and Greater Adria), there were many places...

continent called Zealandia which rifted away from Antarctica between 130 and 85 million years ago (mya), and from Australia 85–60 mya. (Most of the elongated...

level. However, 94% of the Zealandia continental crust region is submerged beneath the Pacific Ocean, with New Zealand constituting 93% of the above-water...

also known as Western Australian Shield – Large part of the continent of Australia Zealandia – Mostly submerged continental crust area in Oceania. See...

roughly midway between the continental margins of Australia and Zealandia. Much of Zealandia is submerged, so the ridge runs much closer to the Australian...

third of the area of mainland Australia, are excluded, then Zealandia (approximately 4,900,000 km2 or 1,900,000 sq mi) would be the only geological feature...

Volcanic Group and a revised model for Zealandia's alkaline intraplate volcanism". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 63 (4): 510–529. doi:10...

The geology has not yet been characterised as well as other parts of Zealandia but when previous samples are analysed with current geological techniques...

on the Zealandia Eocene-Early Oligocene continental shelf: The Waiareka-Deborah Volcanic Field, North Otago". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics...

"coastline" of the largely submerged continent of Zealandia. A curious feature of the Bounty Trough is that it marks the continuation of several main...

examples of inland seas with a depth of 100 metres (330 ft) or less. The Lord Howe Rise that covers much of the sunken "continent" of Zealandia and the...

Volcanic Group and a revised model for Zealandia's alkaline intraplate volcanism". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 63 (4): 510–529. doi:10...

remnants of Gondwana make up around two-thirds of today's continental area, including South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Zealandia, Arabia,...

(2019). "Late Cretaceous oceanic plate reorganization and the breakup of Zealandia and Gondwana" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 65: 31–42. Bibcode:2019GondR...