Cyprus microplate

E306125

microplate tectonic plate

The Cyprus microplate is a small tectonic plate in the eastern Mediterranean region, playing a key role in the complex collision and subduction processes between the African, Anatolian, and Eurasian plates.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cyprus microplate canonical	1
Cyprus subduction or collision zone	1
Cyprus subduction zone	1

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	microplate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWith	Cyprus Arc ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean tectonics ⓘ Hellenic subduction system ⓘ
boundedBy	subduction zones ⓘ transform faults ⓘ
geologicalProcess	crustal shortening ⓘ oceanic lithosphere subduction ⓘ seismic activity ⓘ
hasRole	accommodating relative motion between African and Eurasian plates ⓘ partitioning deformation in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
interactsWith	African Plate ⓘ Anatolian Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ
involvedIn	plate collision ⓘ subduction processes ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Mediterranean region ⓘ
namedAfter	Cyprus ⓘ
partOf	African–Eurasian plate boundary zone ⓘ surface form: Africa–Eurasia plate boundary zone Mediterranean Basin ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean region
playsKeyRoleIn	collision between African Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ interaction between African Plate and Anatolian Plate ⓘ
relatedTo	Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex ⓘ seismicity around Cyprus ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent plate boundary ⓘ
typeLocality	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea
underlies	area south of Cyprus island ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Aegean Sea Plate → boundedBy → Cyprus microplate ⓘ

Anatolian Plate → boundedBy → Cyprus microplate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyprus subduction zone

Sinai subplate → hasKeyStructure → Cyprus microplate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyprus subduction or collision zone