Palawan Microcontinental Block
E237719
The Palawan Microcontinental Block is a fragment of continental crust in the western Philippines that plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic and geological evolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Palawan Microcontinental Block canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Palawan Microcontinental Block Context triple: [Philippine Mobile Belt, hasMicroplate, Palawan Microcontinental Block]
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A.
Kula Plate
The Kula Plate was an ancient oceanic tectonic plate in the northern Pacific that once subducted beneath western North America before being largely consumed.
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B.
Ontong Java Plateau
The Ontong Java Plateau is one of the Earth's largest and thickest oceanic plateaus, formed by massive volcanic activity and located in the western Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Sunda Shelf
The Sunda Shelf is a vast, shallow continental shelf in Southeast Asia that underlies much of the region’s seas and connects the submerged extensions of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.
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D.
Burma Plate
The Burma Plate is a minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia that forms part of the complex plate boundary region responsible for major seismic activity, including the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
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E.
Panaitan Island
Panaitan Island is a largely uninhabited island off the western tip of Java, Indonesia, known for its pristine marine ecosystems, world-class surf breaks, and inclusion within the protected Ujung Kulon National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Palawan Microcontinental Block Target entity description: The Palawan Microcontinental Block is a fragment of continental crust in the western Philippines that plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic and geological evolution.
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A.
Kula Plate
The Kula Plate was an ancient oceanic tectonic plate in the northern Pacific that once subducted beneath western North America before being largely consumed.
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B.
Ontong Java Plateau
The Ontong Java Plateau is one of the Earth's largest and thickest oceanic plateaus, formed by massive volcanic activity and located in the western Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Sunda Shelf
The Sunda Shelf is a vast, shallow continental shelf in Southeast Asia that underlies much of the region’s seas and connects the submerged extensions of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.
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D.
Burma Plate
The Burma Plate is a minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia that forms part of the complex plate boundary region responsible for major seismic activity, including the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
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E.
Panaitan Island
Panaitan Island is a largely uninhabited island off the western tip of Java, Indonesia, known for its pristine marine ecosystems, world-class surf breaks, and inclusion within the protected Ujung Kulon National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
continental crust fragment
ⓘ
microcontinental block ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Manila Trench
ⓘ
Palawan Trough ⓘ Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ Sulu Sea ⓘ |
| age | Mesozoic to Cenozoic basement and cover (approximate) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
South China Sea rifting
ⓘ
collision tectonics ⓘ subduction processes ⓘ |
| boundaryType | convergent margin ⓘ |
| boundedBy | major faults and sutures with the Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | exotic terrane relative to Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ |
| crustType | continental crust ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting |
Southeast Asia
ⓘ
western Pacific margin ⓘ |
| hasLithology |
continental basement rocks
ⓘ
granitoid intrusions ⓘ metamorphic rocks ⓘ sedimentary cover sequences ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
continental fragment dispersal in western Pacific
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plate kinematic reconstructions of Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| influences |
basin development in the South China Sea region
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hydrocarbon prospectivity in adjacent basins ⓘ regional seismicity patterns ⓘ sedimentary basin evolution around Palawan ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western Philippines ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Palawan
ⓘ
surface form:
Palawan Island
|
| partOf |
Philippine Archipelago
ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine archipelago
Sunda Shelf ⓘ
surface form:
Sundaland margin system (broadly defined)
|
| playsRoleIn |
geological evolution of the Philippines
ⓘ
tectonic evolution of Southeast Asia ⓘ tectonic evolution of the Philippines ⓘ |
| roleIn | accretionary history of the Philippine archipelago ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Eurasian continental margin (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
marine geology
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plate reconstruction ⓘ structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicHistory |
Cenozoic rifting and drift
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collision with Philippine Mobile Belt (Miocene, approximate) ⓘ |
| tectonicOrigin | rifted from South China margin (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| underlies |
Calamian Islands
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Cuyo Islands region ⓘ Palawan ⓘ
surface form:
Palawan Island
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Subject: Palawan Microcontinental Block Description of subject: The Palawan Microcontinental Block is a fragment of continental crust in the western Philippines that plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic and geological evolution.
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