East Australian hotspot track
E811591
The East Australian hotspot track is a chain of volcanic features along Australia’s east coast formed by the movement of the Australian Plate over a long-lived mantle hotspot.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Australian hotspot track canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hotspot track
ⓘ
volcanic province ⓘ |
| cause | age-progressive volcanism ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
long-lived mantle hotspot activity
ⓘ
relative motion of Australian Plate over mantle ⓘ |
| extendsInto |
Coral Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tasman Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formationMechanism | movement of the Australian Plate over a mantle hotspot ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| hasPart |
continental volcanoes
ⓘ
submarine volcanoes ⓘ volcanic seamounts ⓘ |
| heatSource | mantle hotspot ⓘ |
| lithosphereSetting |
continental lithosphere
ⓘ
oceanic lithosphere ⓘ |
| locatedOn | east coast of Australia ⓘ |
| olderTowards | south ⓘ |
| partOf | Southwest Pacific intraplate volcanic systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cosgrove hotspot track
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord Howe Seamount Chain NERFINISHED ⓘ Tasmantid Seamount Chain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
mantle dynamics
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
geologists
ⓘ
geophysicists ⓘ |
| tectonicPlate | Australian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trend | generally north–south ⓘ |
| volcanismType | intraplate volcanism ⓘ |
| youngerTowards | north ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.