South Orkney Microcontinent

E270106
microcontinent submerged continental fragment

The South Orkney Microcontinent is a submerged fragment of continental crust in the Southern Ocean, located near the South Orkney Islands and forming part of the complex tectonic setting between the Antarctic and South American plates.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
South Orkney microcontinent 2
South Orkney Islands continental block 1
South Orkney Microcontinent canonical 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf microcontinent ⓘ
submerged continental fragment ⓘ
associatedWith Scotia Plate ⓘ
South Orkney Microcontinent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: South Orkney Islands continental block
boundedBy oceanic crust of the South Atlantic ⓘ
oceanic crust of the Weddell Sea ⓘ
distinguishedFrom adjacent oceanic plateaus ⓘ
formedBy continental fragmentation ⓘ
hasCrustType continental crust ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting South American–Scotia plate boundary zone ⓘ
surface form: Scotia–Antarctic plate boundary

complex plate boundary zone ⓘ
identifiedBy gravity data ⓘ
magnetic data ⓘ
seismic reflection data ⓘ
isKeyTo reconstruction of past plate motions in the South Atlantic–Antarctic region ⓘ
understanding evolution of the Scotia Arc ⓘ
isSubmerged true ⓘ
liesBetween Antarctic Plate ⓘ
South American Plate ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Ocean ⓘ
locatedNear South Orkney Islands ⓘ
overlies continental lithosphere ⓘ
partOf Scotia Arc ⓘ
surface form: Scotia Arc region

tectonic setting between Antarctic Plate and South American Plate ⓘ
relatedTo Scotia Sea ⓘ
Weddell Sea ⓘ
relatedToProcess plate boundary reorganization ⓘ
rifting ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline geophysics ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Scotia Ridge → relatedFeature → South Orkney Microcontinent ⓘ
Scotia Arc → hasPart → South Orkney Microcontinent ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Orkney microcontinent
South Orkney Microcontinent → associatedWith → South Orkney Microcontinent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Orkney Islands continental block
South Georgia microcontinent → relatedStructure → South Orkney Microcontinent ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Orkney microcontinent