The Kenn Plateau is a large piece of submerged
continental crust
Continental crust is the layer of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks that forms the geological continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as '' continental shelves''. This layer is sometimes called '' si ...
off northeastern
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
that
rift
In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics. Typical rift features are a central linear downfaulted depression, called a graben, or more commonly a half-graben ...
ed from northeastern Australia about 63-52
mya, along with other nearby parts of the
Zealandia continent.
References
Kenn Plateau off northeast Australia: a continental fragment in the southwest Pacific jigsawZealandia
Zealandia
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