Scott Plateau

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Scott Plateau is a submerged geological plateau off the northwest coast of Australia, forming part of the complex seafloor topography of the Timor Sea region.

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Label Occurrences
Scott Plateau canonical 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation ⓘ
submerged plateau ⓘ
undersea feature ⓘ
adjacentTo Ashmore Platform ⓘ
Browse Basin ⓘ
Timor Trough ⓘ
borderedBy deeper basins of the Timor Sea ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
coveredBy marine sediments ⓘ
environment marine ⓘ
formedDuring Mesozoic rifting of the Australian margin ⓘ
geologicSetting passive continental margin ⓘ
hasResourcePotential hydrocarbon exploration ⓘ
hasSeafloorTopography relatively shallow plateau compared to surrounding basins ⓘ
isImportantFor regional plate-tectonic reconstructions of northwest Australia ⓘ
isSubjectOf marine geophysical surveys ⓘ
petroleum geology studies ⓘ
liesOn Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
liesSouthOf Timor Island region ⓘ
linked to: Timor
locatedIn Timor Sea ⓘ
locatedInExclusiveEconomicZoneOf Australia ⓘ
locatedNorthwestOf Western Australia ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf northwest coast of Australia ⓘ
partOf Australian continental margin ⓘ
Timor Sea region seafloor topography ⓘ
northwest Australian margin ⓘ
seafloorDepth hundreds to thousands of metres below sea level ⓘ
surfaceType submerged plateau surface ⓘ
tectonicRelation northern margin of the Australian Plate ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Timor Trough → nearbyFeature → Scott Plateau ⓘ