Diamantina Fracture Zone

Diamantina Fracture Zone marked in red

The Diamantina Fracture Zone (DFZ, Diamantina Zone)[1][2][3] is an area of the south-eastern Indian Ocean seafloor, consisting of a range of ridges and trenches.[4] It lies to the south of the mideastern Indian Ocean features of the Wharton Basin and Perth Basin, and to the south west of the Naturaliste Plateau.

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  2. ^ Direen, N.G.; Cohen, B.E.; Maas, R.; Frey, F.A.; Whittaker, J.M.; Coffin, M.F.; Meffre, S.; Halpin, J.A.; Crawford (2017). "Naturaliste plateau: constraints on the timing and evolution of the Kerguelen Large Igneous Province and its role in Gondwana breakup". Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 64 (7): 851–869. doi:10.1080/08120099.2017.1367326. hdl:1912/9459.
  3. ^ Whittaker, J.M.; Williams, S.E.; Müller, R.D. (2013). "Revised tectonic evolution of the Eastern Indian Ocean". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 14 (6): 1891–1909. Bibcode:2013GGG....14.1891W. doi:10.1002/ggge.20120.
  4. ^ Key ecological features of the South-west Marine Region Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine