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Ancient oceanic plate that formed in the Early Cretaceous south of the Pacific–Phoenix Ridge
The Moa Plate was an ancient
oceanic plate that formed in the
Early Cretaceous south of the
Pacific–Phoenix Ridge.
[1]
[2]
[3] The Moa Plate was obliquely
subducted beneath the
Gondwana margin, and material accreted from it is now part of the Eastern Province of
New Zealand. The plate was named in 2001 by
Rupert Sutherland and Chris Hollis.
[4]
References
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^ Downey, Nathan J.;
Stock, Joann M.; Clayton, Robert W.; Cande, Steven C. (2007).
"History of the Cretaceous Osbourn spreading center" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 112 (B4): B04102.
Bibcode:
2007JGRB..112.4102D.
doi:
10.1029/2006JB004550.
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^ Hanson, B. (2001). "GEOLOGY: A Lost Plate Turns up". Science. 291 (5512): 2277d–2277.
doi:
10.1126/science.291.5512.2277d.
S2CID
129588292.
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^ Mortimer, N.; Van Den Bogaard, P.; Hoernle, K.; Timm, C.; Gans, P.B.; Werner, R.; Riefstahl, F. (2019).
"Late Cretaceous oceanic plate reorganization and the breakup of Zealandia and Gondwana" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 65: 31–42.
Bibcode:
2019GondR..65...31M.
doi:
10.1016/j.gr.2018.07.010.
S2CID
133702326.
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^ Sutherland, Rupert; Hollis, Chris (2001). "Cretaceous demise of the Moa plate and strike-slip motion at the Gondwana margin". Geology. 29 (3): 279.
Bibcode:
2001Geo....29..279S.
doi:
10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0279:CDOTMP>2.0.CO;2.