Gran Barrera de Coral topographic map
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Name: Gran Barrera de Coral topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Gran Barrera de Coral, Australia (-16.35005 145.89995 -16.34995 145.90005)
Average elevation: 0 m
Minimum elevation: 0 m
Maximum elevation: 0 m
La teoría de la tectónica de placas indica que Australia se ha movido hacia el norte a un ritmo de 7 cm por año, comenzando durante el Cenozoico. El este de Australia experimentó un período de elevación tectónica, que movió la divisoria de aguas en Queensland 400 km tierra adentro. También durante este tiempo, Queensland experimentó erupciones volcánicas que condujeron a volcanes centrales y de escudo y flujos de basalto. Algunos de estos se convirtieron en islas volcánicas. Tras la formación de la cuenca oceánica del Mar de Coral, los arrecifes de coral comenzaron a crecer sobre esta, pero hasta hace unos 25 millones de años, el norte de Queensland todavía estaba sobre aguas templadas al sur de los trópicos, demasiado frías para soportar el crecimiento de los corales. La historia del desarrollo de la Gran Barrera de Coral es compleja; después de que Queensland se sumergiera en aguas tropicales, el crecimiento y el descenso de los arrecifes influyó la zona en gran medida conforme fluctuaba el nivel del mar.
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