Probing the world's largest oceanic plateau: from making to collision

Authors: Xiaodian Jiang, Zheng-Xiang Li, Wei Gong, Lei Xing, Deyong Li, Hongwei Liu, Chong Xu

Published: 2025-05-01

DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaf176

Source: Full article

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Abstract

The enormously thick Ontong Java Plateau crust was built primarily by deep magma intrusion and underplating, with relatively minor contribution from flood basalts.