The Ontong Java Plateau, a volcanically-formed underwater plateau located in the Pacific Ocean north of the Solomon Islands, is younger and its eruption was more protracted than previously thought ...

The Ontong Java Plateau, a volcanically-formed underwater plateau located in the Pacific Ocean north of the Solomon Islands, is younger and its eruption was more protracted than previously thought ...

The Ontong Java Plateau may be implicated in another anoxic event called OAE 1b, which occurred between 114.5 and 110.4 million years ago, the authors say. Advanced Search. Home; ...

There, at the very edge of the Ontong Java Plateau, the researchers found 44-million-year-old volcanic rocks with geochemical fingerprints that match lavas from the Samoan hot spot.

But one feature, the massive Ontong Java Plateau in the mid-Pacific Ocean, stood out as a mystery. At about 120 million years old and larger than Alaska, this seafloor plateau is the most ...

June 15, 2023 — The Ontong Java Plateau, a volcanically-formed underwater plateau located in the Pacific Ocean north of the Solomon Islands, is younger and its eruption was more protracted than ...

The research, published in the latest edition of Nature, reveals that the Australian plate collided with the Ontong Java Plateau (OJP), the world's largest and thickest oceanic plateau, between 23 ...

In its original form, that ancient mega-plateau — known as the Ontong-Java-Manihiki-Hikurangi Plateau — would have covered about 1% of the planet's surface, with an area about half as large as ...

Discover the secrets of the dinosaur-era superstructure in the Pacific Ocean that is still forming. Learn about the Melanesian Border Plateau, its volcanic rocks enriched in rare elements, and its ...

Large igneous provinces (such as the Ontong–Java plateau) and 'hotspot' volcanoes (such as Pitcairn, Tristan da Cunha, Iceland and Hawaii) both form from plumes of hot material rising up through ...

But one feature, the massive Ontong Java Plateau in the mid-Pacific Ocean, stood out as a mystery. At about 120 million years old and larger than Alaska, this seafloor plateau is the most ...

A fiery mystery has puzzled geologists for decades: where did the lava fueling one of Earth’s largest volcanic events come from? A new study may finally have the answer. Scientists have long ...