His models showed that, at that time, a large volcanic plateau could have formed on the Phoenix Plate at the same location. About 110 million years ago, this plateau would have been pushed under ...

The Melonesian Border Plateau, located in the South Pacific, is an oceanic mid-plate superstructure that looks like it was formed by one huge event. It wasn't though, scientists said.

A 120-million-year-old volcanic mystery is solved as researchers trace the Ontong Java Plateau's origins to the Louisville hotspot, revealing Earth’s hidden geological history. The post Volcanic ...

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 ...

Easter Island consists of several extinct volcanoes. The oldest lava deposits formed some 2.5 million years ago on top of an oceanic plate not much older than the volcanoes themselves.

That mountain range, whose traces are still clearly visible, could well be the effect of subduction of a volcanic plateau that formed 165 million years ago.” ...

"That mountain range, whose traces are clearly visible, could well be the effect of [the] subduction of a volcanic plateau that formed 165 million years ago." Read more.

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 ...

China dominates the global rare earths industry—and it’s not even close. A fight is already underway to lay claim to this sunken island’s natural riches.

His models showed that, at that time, a large volcanic plateau could have formed on the Phoenix Plate at the same location. About 110 million years ago, this plateau would have been pushed under ...