Kermadec Plate
Tectonic plate in the south Pacific Ocean
The Kermadec Plate is a long and narrow tectonic plate 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 and the Kermadec Islands. It is separated from the Australian Plate by a long divergent boundary which forms a back-arc basin. This area is highly prone to earthquakes and tsunamis.
The Pacific Plate east to west convergence rates with the Australian and Kermadec plates are among the fastest on Earth, being 8 cm (3.1 in) per year in the north and 4.5 cm (1.8 in) per year in the south.[1]
See also
- Tonga-Kermadec Ridge
References
- ^ Stratford, W.; Peirce, C.; Paulatto, M.; Funnell, M.; Watts, A. B.; Grevemeyer, I.; Bassett, D. (2015). "Seismic velocity structure and deformation due to the collision of the Louisville Ridge with the Tonga-Kermadec Trench" (PDF). Geophysical Journal International. 200 (3): 1503–1522. doi:10.1093/gji/ggu475. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- Bird, P. (2003). "An updated digital model of plate boundaries". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 4 (3): 1027. Bibcode:2003GGG.....4.1027B. doi:10.1029/2001GC000252.
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Oceanic features of Zealandia
- Western Province (North Zealandia)
- Eastern Province (South Zealandia)
- Bellona Plateau
- Bounty Platform
- Campbell Plateau
- Challenger Plateau
- Chatham Rise
- Chesterfield Plateau
- Colville-Lau Ridge
- Dampier Ridge
- Fairway Ridge
- Hikurangi Plateau
- Kenn Plateau
- Lord Howe Rise
- Loyalty Ridge
- Mellish Rise
- Norfolk Ridge
- Northland Plateau
- Puysegur Ridge
- Resolution Ridge
- Three Kings Ridge
- West Norfolk Ridge
- Bellona Gap
- Bellona Trough
- Bounty Trough
- Havre Trough
- Hikurangi Trench
- New Caledonia Trough
- Puysegur Trench
- Bellona Basin
- Campbell Basin
- Canterbury Basin
- Capel Basin
- Cato Basin
- Chatham Slope
- Dampier Basin
- Deepwater Taranaki Basin
- East Coast Basin
- Emerald Basin
- Fairway Basin
- Faust Basin
- Gower Basin
- Great South Basin
- Middleton Seafloor Basin
- Monowai Basin
- Moore Basin
- New Caledonia Basin
- Norfolk Basin
- Northeast Slope
- Northland Basin
- Outer Campbell Basin
- Pegasus Basin
- Pukaki Basin
- Raukumara Basin
- Reinga Basin
- South Fiji Basin
- South Loyalty Basin
- Taranaki Basin
- Wanganui Basin
- West Coast Basin
- Banc Capel
- Brothers Volcano
- Clark Seamount
- Flinder's Seamount
- Gifford Guyot
- Graveyard Seamounts
- Havre Seamount
- Healy Volcano
- Lord Howe Seamount Chain
- Monowai Seamount
- Rumble III Seamount
- Rumble IV Seamount
- Rumble V Seamount
- South Kermadec Ridge Seamounts
- Tangaroa Seamount
- Tasmantid Seamount Chain
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