Adriatic Plate

E303501

microplate tectonic plate

The Adriatic Plate is a small tectonic plate in the central Mediterranean region that underlies the Adriatic Sea and interacts with the surrounding African and Eurasian plates, contributing to significant seismic and mountain-building activity.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Adria microplate	1
Adriatic Plate canonical	1
Adriatic microplate	1
Apulian Plate	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	microplate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Adriatic Plate ⓘ surface form: Adria microplate Adriatic Plate ⓘ surface form: Adriatic microplate
associatedWith	Adriatic foreland ⓘ Alps ⓘ Apennines ⓘ Dinaric Alps ⓘ surface form: Dinarides Hellenides ⓘ
bordersPlate	Aegean Sea Plate ⓘ African Plate ⓘ Adriatic Plate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apulian Plate Eurasian Plate ⓘ Carpathian Basin ⓘ surface form: Pannonian Basin
contains	Adriatic foreland basin structures ⓘ
contributesTo	orogeny in the Alps ⓘ orogeny in the Apennines ⓘ orogeny in the Dinarides ⓘ seismic activity in Italy ⓘ seismic activity in the Balkans ⓘ subduction-related volcanism in the central Mediterranean ⓘ
geologicalAge	Mesozoic–Cenozoic as distinct microplate ⓘ
hasCrustType	continental crust (mainly) ⓘ local oceanic crust remnants ⓘ
hasKinematicRole	drives shortening in surrounding orogens ⓘ indenter of the Alpine belt ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting	collision zone ⓘ subduction zone margins ⓘ
influences	seismic hazard in Albania ⓘ seismic hazard in Croatia ⓘ seismic hazard in Greece ⓘ seismic hazard in Slovenia ⓘ seismic hazard in northern Italy ⓘ topography of the central Mediterranean ⓘ
locatedInRegion	central Mediterranean ⓘ
motionRelativeToAfrica	north-northeastward ⓘ
motionRelativeToEurasia	northward ⓘ
originatedFrom	northern margin of the African Plate ⓘ
overriddenBy	Eurasian Plate ⓘ
partOf	Alpine orogeny ⓘ surface form: Alpine orogenic system Alpine–Mediterranean region ⓘ central Mediterranean plate mosaic ⓘ
researchField	plate tectonics ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	geology ⓘ seismology ⓘ
subductsBeneath	Apennines ⓘ surface form: Apennine arc Eurasian Plate in parts of the Alps ⓘ
typeOfBoundaryWithAfricanPlate	complex convergent boundary ⓘ
typeOfBoundaryWithEurasianPlate	convergent boundary ⓘ
underlies	Adriatic Sea ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Aegean Sea Plate → boundedBy → Adriatic Plate ⓘ

Adriatic Plate → alsoKnownAs → Adriatic Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adria microplate

Adriatic Plate → alsoKnownAs → Adriatic Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adriatic microplate

Adriatic Plate → bordersPlate → Adriatic Plate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apulian Plate