Azores Plateau

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oceanic plateau submarine volcanic plateau

The Azores Plateau is a large submarine volcanic plateau in the North Atlantic Ocean associated with the Azores hotspot and mid-ocean ridge tectonics.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Azores Plateau canonical 4
Azores hotspot 2
Atlantic seamount province 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic plateau ⓘ
submarine volcanic plateau ⓘ
age Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic to Cenozoic range ⓘ
associatedWith Azores hotspot ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
bathymetricExpression shallowing of seafloor around Azores Islands ⓘ
boundedBy Gloria Fault ⓘ
surface form: Gloria Fault region

Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
Terceira Rift ⓘ
composition alkaline basalts ⓘ
basaltic rocks ⓘ
tholeiitic basalts ⓘ
contains rift zones ⓘ
seamounts ⓘ
submarine volcanoes ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
crustalThickness anomalously thick oceanic crust ⓘ
elevationRelativeToSeafloor elevated above surrounding abyssal plain ⓘ
featureOf North Atlantic volcanic province ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Igneous Province
formedBy hotspot volcanism ⓘ
ridge volcanism ⓘ
geologicalProcess mantle plume activity ⓘ
seafloor spreading ⓘ
heatFlow elevated heat flow relative to normal oceanic crust ⓘ
influences ocean circulation around the Azores ⓘ
regional bathymetry of the Azores ⓘ
isSourceOf magmatic activity beneath the Azores Islands ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
magmaticSource enriched upper mantle ⓘ
mantle plume head or tail ⓘ
near Azores Triple Junction ⓘ
oceanCrustType oceanic crust ⓘ
partOf Azores ⓘ
surface form: Azores region
relatedTo African Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
researchField geophysics ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seafloorMorphology broad topographic high ⓘ
supports unique deep-sea ecosystems ⓘ
tectonicSetting mid-ocean ridge environment ⓘ
triple junction region ⓘ
underlies Azores ⓘ
surface form: Azores Archipelago
volcanismType intraplate volcanism ⓘ
ridge-centered volcanism ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Azores Triple Junction → near → Azores Plateau ⓘ
Azores Triple Junction → relatedTo → Azores Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azores hotspot
Jan Mayen Ridge → partOf → Azores Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic volcanic province
Canary hotspot volcanic system → relatedTo → Azores Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azores hotspot
Terceira Rift → tectonicSetting → Azores Plateau ⓘ
Ewing Seamount → isPartOf → Azores Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic seamount province
Caldeira massif → geologicalProvince → Azores Plateau ⓘ
subject surface form: Caldeira Massif
Central Group of the Azores → locatedOn → Azores Plateau ⓘ