Talk:Macquarie Triple Junction

Carson's Review

I enjoyed reading this article. It is concise and to the point. The figures are well done and informative. There are only a couple of suggestions which you might want to consider. In the first introduction section, you could link the term "triple junction" instead of actually explaining it in the paragraph itself. There is a large caption under the first figure which has good information, but could be condensed. Under the section Evolution, stability, and migration you could list the 3 types of oceanic tectonic boundaries instead of integrating them into one paragraph. Under section Macquarie Triple Junction some actual data compiled from the various studies could be interesting. There is a red link which does not work under the Indo-Australian Plate section. This section is also a large block of text which could be condensed or reworked.

Hongcheng Guo's review

Overview

Great section.

Relevant Plate Boundaries

Also a great section, but I wish three figures for the boundaries respectively, but the description is good.

In general

The author truly made me understand this term thus I think this page is effective. However, I realized that there are only two sections. Since the topic is about a triple boundary, this might be reasonable: one section for the meaning of the term and one section for detailed information about three boundaries. If it is possible, I would recommend add a section to describe three PLATES, but I do not think it is necessary as long as the term is well explained. I also recommend a section which can forward the thinking about the term because currently, there is only pure explanation of the term. Personally, I think it would be better if the author points out the importance/relevance/current controversial research topic on the term with a section at the end.

Hongcheng Guo (talk) 21:26, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Tasha Hoffmann's review

In general

Very informative, and I like how you go into detail about the three plates that make up the triple junction. The image confuses me a little because I am used to seeing Antarctica on the bottom of maps, so maybe flip the image, and it may help to label New Zealand since you point it out specifically. I also feel you repeat the actual names of the plates a little more than is needed; a pronoun every once in a while would help the paragraphs flow better. Lastly, try to put reference numbers next to the sited materials so they are easy to find.

Tyler Hebert

First off congrats on finally getting the page to show up on wiki, I know you were having a hard time with that. Also the page looks great and I really like how you broke up the boundary between each plate and explained them and what kind of boundary they are. One thing I did notice was that your figure, while it does give the reader a good visual of where the fault is and how each plate moves maybe you could explain it some in the page more or reference it. Also try to add in more useful figures and reference them on your page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by T.J.Hebert (talk • contribs) 03:35, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Comments from Graeme Bartlett

• You say that Macquarie Island is nearby, but it seems to be 789 km distant, is that right?
• You say the plates are colliding, yet two of the boundaries are divergent, and one is convergent.
• What exactly is the structure of the crust at this point? A diagram would be good. Are we getting basalt intruded into the Puysequr Trench. The sediment cover should be thin there, so what is the sea floor like?
• Avoid abbreviations such as SEIR. It makes the article difficult to understand with almost no saving of space.
• One of the references is about seamounts, but you have no mention of them in the article.
• Are there any exciting volcanoes or earthquakes there?
• Is there any unusual lifeforms at the point?
• Is the triple junction moving, or is it stationary? What is its past history?
• Who discovered it?

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:29, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Annie's Review

Hey Ben! First off, your page looks really great, especially the references. One thing I see, off the bat, is that you haven't [[]] triple junctions but there is a page for it. So just do that. Your image looks really good too and is effective.

Evolution, stability, and migration

I think this would be a good section to but either bullet points or numerical points so that the reader can visualize the succession of events. I know you put ages further on in the paper, but maybe you can include in this section when they thought the triple junction began. Also, I'm curious to know why triple junctions are now thought to become unstable rather than stable as time goes on. The reader might be too! I think you could do like one sentence and have that question answered.

Local tectonics

I like how the reader can see where each tectonic boundary is on a map! But, you might want to move that map closer to the 'Local Tectonics' section. Do you have a date for the SE Indian Ridge?

Studies of the Macquarie Triple Junction

Cool section. But maybe move this section before the "Evolution, stability, and migration" section? It seems like it should come first.

Overview of relevant plate boundaries

Great section. I like how you broke it up into components.

Overall

The page has some really good information and is very well understood! You did a great job, I would just go through and make sure you have every [[]] you need. Graeme had some good comments on the paper as well, and you pretty much covered all that. Great job!!!!

Erinn's Review of This Amazing Wiki Page!

Overall, this page is great! The introduction is very informative and gives a complete overview of location, subject matter, importance of the topic, and even a brief etymology. It is very easy to understand, maybe not for a person completely ignorant to geology, but definitely to anyone who knows anything about plate tectonics.

Evolution, stability, and migration

I like the placement of this section. It introduces the central point of the study of this region, and sets up the page so that the reader can understand this section more as they read further. I would suggest a more detailed description of triple junction kinematics (not just evolution) seeing as that is the main topic of this article. Also maybe introduce all of the areas that you describe in the next section, not just the Emerald fraction zone.

Local tectonics

This section is awesome. It gives me concise information about each boundary in the triple junction, and how they work overall. I would suggest adding a section about how each of these interact with each other.

Studies of the Macquarie Triple Junction

I feel like this section is just an overview of what has been done in terms of research methods in this region, which maybe could have gone in the introduction? Either way I feel as though you could add the data that these studies produced, or even add a history of the region to this section.

Overview of relevant plate boundaries

This is basically just a reiteration of the local tectonics section. I enjoy this section because it gives a different perspective to the same boundaries but it seems that you could have just added this information to the above section to make it more organized.

Overall

Overall I enjoyed the page and it was %100 easy to understand due to your organization and concise information. The only things i would add are 1) History of the region, how exactly did it become what it is today? 2) More detailed description of kinematics in terms of relative vectors 3) Interaction of these boundaries with each other. They form a triple junction so there has to be some crazy stuff happening where they meet.

Update

I too enjoyed reading this well written article. It was so well written when I first came across it sometime ago that I missed it had not been updated with the results of the 2015 onward survey vessel studies, but it was only this year that the new information on the junction itself was published from the 2017 and 2019 survey's. I hope my updates today have left the article as readable. ChaseKiwi (talk) 20:47, 6 October 2023 (UTC)