Moa plate

{{short description|Ancient oceanic plate that formed in the Early Cretaceous south of the Pacific–Phoenix Ridge}}

{{Short description|Ancient oceanic plate south of the Pacific–Phoenix Ridge}}

The '''Moa plate''' was an ancient [[oceanic plate]] that formed in the [[Early Cretaceous]] south of the [[Phoenix Ridge|Pacific–Phoenix Ridge]].<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1029/2006JB004550 |title=History of the Cretaceous Osbourn spreading center |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth |volume=112 |issue=B4 |pages=B04102 |year=2007 |last1=Downey |first1=Nathan J. |last2=Stock |first2=Joann M. |author-link2=Joann Stock|last3=Clayton |first3=Robert W. |last4=Cande |first4=Steven C. |bibcode=2007JGRB..112.4102D |url=https://authors.library.caltech.edu/34579/1/Downey2007a.pdf |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1126/science.291.5512.2277d |title=GEOLOGY: A Lost Plate Turns up |journal=Science |volume=291 |issue=5512 |pages=2277d–2277 |year=2001 |last1=Hanson |first1=B. |s2cid=129588292 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2018.07.010 |title=Late Cretaceous oceanic plate reorganization and the breakup of Zealandia and Gondwana |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=65 |pages=31–42 |year=2019 |last1=Mortimer |first1=N. |last2=Van Den Bogaard |first2=P. |last3=Hoernle |first3=K. |last4=Timm |first4=C. |last5=Gans |first5=P.B. |last6=Werner |first6=R. |last7=Riefstahl |first7=F. |bibcode=2019GondR..65...31M |s2cid=133702326 |url=http://oceanrep.geomar.de/44380/1/10.1016_j.gr.2018.07.010.pdf }}</ref> The Moa plate was obliquely [[subduction|subducted]] beneath the [[Gondwana]] margin, but some material from it was accreted and continues to exist. Today, this material forms part of Eastern [[New Zealand]]. The plate was named in 2001 by [[Rupert Sutherland]] and Chris Hollis.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0279:CDOTMP>2.0.CO;2 |year=2001 |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=279 |title=Cretaceous demise of the Moa plate and strike-slip motion at the Gondwana margin |journal=Geology |last1=Sutherland |first1=Rupert |last2=Hollis |first2=Chris |bibcode=2001Geo....29..279S }}</ref>

The '''Moa plate''' was an ancient [[oceanic plate]] that formed in the [[Early Cretaceous]] south of the [[Phoenix Ridge|Pacific–Phoenix Ridge]].<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1029/2006JB004550 |title=History of the Cretaceous Osbourn spreading center |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth |volume=112 |issue=B4 |pages=B04102 |year=2007 |last1=Downey |first1=Nathan J. |last2=Stock |first2=Joann M. |author-link2=Joann Stock|last3=Clayton |first3=Robert W. |last4=Cande |first4=Steven C. |bibcode=2007JGRB..112.4102D |url=https://authors.library.caltech.edu/34579/1/Downey2007a.pdf |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1126/science.291.5512.2277d |title=GEOLOGY: A Lost Plate Turns up |journal=Science |volume=291 |issue=5512 |pages=2277d–2277 |year=2001 |last1=Hanson |first1=B. |s2cid=129588292 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2018.07.010 |title=Late Cretaceous oceanic plate reorganization and the breakup of Zealandia and Gondwana |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=65 |pages=31–42 |year=2019 |last1=Mortimer |first1=N. |last2=Van Den Bogaard |first2=P. |last3=Hoernle |first3=K. |last4=Timm |first4=C. |last5=Gans |first5=P.B. |last6=Werner |first6=R. |last7=Riefstahl |first7=F. |bibcode=2019GondR..65...31M |s2cid=133702326 |url=http://oceanrep.geomar.de/44380/1/10.1016_j.gr.2018.07.010.pdf }}</ref> The Moa plate was obliquely [[subduction|subducted]] beneath the [[Gondwana]] margin, but some material from it was accreted and continues to exist. Today, this material forms part of Eastern [[New Zealand]]. The plate was named in 2001 by [[Rupert Sutherland]] and Chris Hollis.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0279:CDOTMP>2.0.CO;2 |year=2001 |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=279 |title=Cretaceous demise of the Moa plate and strike-slip motion at the Gondwana margin |journal=Geology |last1=Sutherland |first1=Rupert |last2=Hollis |first2=Chris |bibcode=2001Geo....29..279S }}</ref>