Chagos-Laccadive Ridge
The Chagos-Laccadive Ridge (CLR), also known as Chagos-Laccadive Plateau,[1] is a prominent volcanic ridge and oceanic plateau extending between the Northern and the Central Indian Ocean. The CLR extends northward for approximately 2350 km from 9° S at the southern end of the Chagos Archipelago to 14° north around the Adas Bank. The islands of Chagos, the Maldives and the Lakshadweep are the above-water parts of the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge.[2]
The vast Chagos-Laccadive Ridge was formed by the Réunion volcanic hotspot along with the southern part of the Mascarene Plateau. Both plateaux are volcanic traces of the Réunion hotspot.[3] Although the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge is an aseismic ridge, between 1965 and 1970 an unusual, isolated swarm of earthquakes occurred on the west side of the Great Chagos Bank at approximately Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Chagos-Laccadive Plateau: Undersea Features - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ R. Mukhopadhyay, A.K. Ghosh and S.D. Iyer , The Indian Ocean nodule field: geology and resource potential By Ranadhir Mukhopadhyay, 2007 ISBN 978-0-444-52959-6
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- ↑ GJI - An earthquake swarm on the Chagos—Laccadive Ridge and its tectonic implications
External links
- Origin and compensation of Chagos-Laccadive ridge, Indian ocean, from admittance analysis of gravity and bathymetry data
- Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)
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