Map of the Hikurangi Plateau (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Map of the Hikurangi Plateau

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The Hikurangi plateau is a remnant of a series of epic volcanic eruptions that began 125 million years ago in the Pacific Ocean. A recent seismic survey (red rectangle) led by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics imaged the plateau as it sinks into New Zealand’s Hikurangi subduction zone (red line).

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Andrew Gase

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