Tasman Basin
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The Tasman Basin is a deep oceanic basin on the seafloor between Australia and New Zealand, forming a major structural and sedimentary feature of the Tasman Sea.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Australian continental margin | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic basin
ⓘ
oceanic basin ⓘ submarine basin ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Lord Howe Rise
ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Howe Rise Basin system
New Caledonia Basin (to the north via regional system) ⓘ |
| age | Mesozoic-Cenozoic ⓘ |
| basementType | oceanic crust ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Tasman Basin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
East Australian continental margin
Lord Howe Rise ⓘ Campbell Plateau ⓘ
surface form:
New Zealand continental margin
Norfolk Ridge ⓘ |
| climateInfluence | Southern Ocean circulation (indirect) ⓘ |
| continentNearby |
Australia
ⓘ
Terra Australis ⓘ
surface form:
Zealandia
|
| countryOffshoreFrom |
Australia
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ |
| floorType | abyssal plain ⓘ |
| formedBy |
rifting between Australia and Zealandia
ⓘ
seafloor spreading ⓘ |
| geologicSetting | passive continental margin ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
sediment drifts
ⓘ
submarine channels ⓘ |
| hydrographicContext | South Pacific gyre system ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Australia
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tasman Sea ⓘ |
| mainFormationPeriod | Late Cretaceous ⓘ |
| maximumWaterDepth | over 5000 m ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Tasman Sea ⓘ |
| partOf |
southwest Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwest Pacific Ocean
seafloor of the Tasman Sea ⓘ |
| relatedTo | opening of the Tasman Sea ⓘ |
| researchField |
marine geology
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ |
| sedimentaryFill |
pelagic sediments
ⓘ
thick marine sediments ⓘ turbidites ⓘ |
| separates |
Zealandia microcontinent
ⓘ
eastern Australia ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
multibeam bathymetric mapping
ⓘ
seismic reflection surveys ⓘ |
| tectonicPlate |
Indo-Australian Plate
ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Plate (eastern margin vicinity)
|
| underlies | central Tasman Sea ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
East Australian continental margin