Investigating the formation of the continents: Ontong Java Plateau as a modern day analogue

大陆的形成被数十亿年的历史所掩盖。有人提出，Ontong爪哇高原是现代大陆的类似物。昂通爪哇高原是一座巨大的水下火山大厦，面积相当于半个澳大利亚。该项目将对Ontong爪哇高原下的地球内部进行地震成像，并利用这些图像作为约束条件来开发其起源和演化模型。这项工作对理解大陆的形成以及使它们在数十亿年里保持稳定的因素具有重要意义。更好地了解大陆的形成可以使澳大利亚在经济资源、板块构造和地质灾害方面有更深入的了解。

The formation of the continents has been obscured by billions of years of history. It has been proposed that the Ontong Java Plateau is a modern day analogue for the continents. The Ontong Java Plateau is a huge submerged volcanic edifice, half the size of Australia. This project will seismically image the interior of the Earth beneath the Ontong Java Plateau and use these images as constraints to develop a model for its origin and evolution. This work has implications for understanding the formation of the continents and the factors that have enabled their stability for billions of years. A better understanding of continent formation may benefit Australia by yielding insights into economic resources, plate tectonics and geohazards.