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which erupted 6.5 million years ago and there are other gaps in relevant knowledge of this hotspot chain. The chain has now been characterised by compositional analysis to be related at 28 million years to the South
Rennell Trough spreading center as its potential initiation point with lessening
709:; historically the hotspot for the Lord Howe chain was expected to presently be beneath Flinders Seamount. but is now thought likely to be somewhat to the south of this, possibly beyond the Heemskerck and Zeehaen seamounts. Indeed the dating of this chain has only been as far south as
1457:
Seton, Maria; Williams, Simon; Mortimer, Nick; Meffre, Sebastien; Micklethwaite, Steven; Zahirovic, Sabin (2019-01-22). "Magma production along the Lord Howe
Seamount Chain, northern Zealandia".
1398:
Seton, Maria; Williams, Simon; Mortimer, Nick; Meffre, Sebastien; Micklethwaite, Steven; Zahirovic, Sabin (2019). "Magma production along the Lord Howe
Seamount Chain, northern Zealandia".
1619:
Knesel, Kurt M.; Cohen, Benjamin E.; Vasconcelos, Paulo M.; Thiede, David S. (August 2008). "Rapid change in drift of the
Australian plate records collision with Ontong Java plateau".
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being erupted progressively as the younger seamounts of the hot spot were formed. On the
Australian mainland, a third north-south sequence of extinct volcanoes (which includes the
1721:
The East
Australian, Tasmantid and Lord Howe volcanoes : exploring the origins of three, contemporaneous, parallel chains of volcanism. (PhD thesis and appendix)
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1580:"Southward Drift of Eastern Australian Hotspots in the Paleomagnetic Reference Frame Is Consistent With Global True Polar Wander Estimates"
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of islands (17°S) to
Flinders Seamount (34.7°S). It includes the officially named Nova Bank, Argo and Kelso seamounts,
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Quilty, Patrick G. (1993). "Tasmantid and Lord Howe seamounts: biostratigraphy and palaeoceanographic significance".
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The Lord Howe
Seamount Chain has been known under a variety of different gazetted names, including the
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Dating of seamount top sediments is consistent with expected seamount age progression
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Dating of seamount top sediments is consistent with expected seamount age progression
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1447:. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. Vol.13 (1970) 282-291.
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1754:"Origin and evolution of Lord Howe Island, southwest Pacific Ocean"
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Plate velocities in hotspot reference frame: electronic supplement
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Seamount chain east of
Australia that includes Lord Howe Island
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Dampier Ridge, Tasman Sea, as a stranded continental fragment
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1533:. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 41 (1994). 395-406.
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The Lord Howe and
Tasmantid chains each resulted from the
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seamount chains both run north-south through parts of the
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The Lord Howe Seamount Chain is on the western slope of
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The Lord Howe Seamount Chain extends from north of the
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Biogeography of the Lord Howe Rise region, Tasman Sea
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1548:. Deep-Sea Research Part II 58 (2011) 959–969.
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1752:McDougall, I; Embleton, B; Stone, D (1981).
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1578:Hansma, Jeroen; Tohver, Eric (2020).
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1444:Morphology of the Tasman sea floor
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1:
1441:Willem J. M. van der Linden,
568:alongside the east coast of
1861:Seamounts of the Tasman Sea
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1584:Frontiers in Earth Science
1816:10.1080/03115519308619487
1778:10.1080/00167618108729154
1605:10.3389/feart.2020.544496
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1319:17.601454°S 158.748849°E
1277:18.736381°S 158.581567°E
550:Lord Howe Seamount Chain
435:26.376861°S 159.260528°E
384:Lord Howe Seamount Chain
22:Lord Howe Seamount Chain
1851:Volcanoes of Zealandia
1324:-17.601454; 158.748849
1282:-18.736381; 158.581567
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981:29.56667°S 159.08333°E
934:31.55417°S 159.08500°E
891:31.35417°S 159.25167°E
848:34.59096°S 159.39376°E
807:36.27751°S 159.10809°E
766:36.33855°S 159.52079°E
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440:-26.376861; 159.260528
1363:Lord Howe Marine Park
720:Glass House Mountains
703:Indo-Australian Plate
635:to the north west of
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1340:South Rennell Trough
1256:Chesterfield Plateau
1072:-26.66667; 159.41667
986:-29.56667; 159.08333
939:-31.55417; 159.08500
896:-31.35417; 159.25167
853:-34.59096; 159.39376
812:-36.27751; 159.10809
771:-36.33855; 159.52079
726:Lord Howe Seamounts
584:. These chains have
572:; the Lord Howe and
177:Chesterfield Plateau
1808:1993Alch...17...27Q
1770:1981AuJES..28..155M
1641:10.1038/nature07138
1633:2008Natur.454..754K
1596:2020FrEaS...8..489H
1542:Przeslawski et al.
1471:2019GeoM..156.1605S
1459:Geological Magazine
1412:2019GeoM..156.1605S
1400:Geological Magazine
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1111:25.0°S 159.58333°E
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1627:(7205): 754–757.
1527:McDougall et al,
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