Tongareva triple junction

The Tongareva triple junction, also called the Pacific-Farallon-Phoenix triple junction, was a geologic triple junction in the southwestern Pacific Basin where three tectonic plates met: the Pacific Plate, the Farallon Plate, and the Phoenix Plate. It existed throughout the mid-Cretaceous period and consisted of three mid-ocean ridges. A volcanic episode from 125 to 120 million years ago created an oceanic plateau east of Samoa called the Manihiki Plateau.^[1]

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Triple junctions

Triple Trench	Boso Triple Junction

Triple Ridge	Afar Triple Junction Azores Triple Junction Galapagos Triple Junction Bouvet Triple Junction Rivera Triple Junction Rodrigues Triple Junction Tongareva triple junction

Triple Fault	Karlıova Triple Junction

Trench Trench Ridge	Chile Triple Junction

Fault Fault Trench	Kamchatka-Aleutian Triple Junction Mendocino Triple Junction

Ridge Fault Fault	Queen Charlotte Triple Junction

Ridge Ridge Fault	Macquarie Triple Junction

See also	Mount Fuji

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