Southwest Japan Arc

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The Southwest Japan Arc is a major volcanic and tectonic arc in southwestern Japan, characterized by active volcanoes such as Mount Aso and formed by the subduction of oceanic plates beneath the Eurasian Plate.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Honshu–Shikoku–Kyushu island arc 1
Japan island arcs 1
Southwest Japan Arc canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf tectonic arc
volcanic arc
associatedWithPlate Pacific Plate
Philippine Sea Plate
associatedWithProcess subduction
boundedBy Sea of Japan
surface form: Japan Sea

Pacific Ocean
containsRegion Chūgoku region
surface form: Chugoku region

Kyushu
Shikoku
part of Honshu
country Japan
developedDuring Cenozoic
surface form: Cenozoic Era
formedBy subduction of oceanic plates beneath the Eurasian Plate
geologicalAge Cenozoic
hasFeature active volcanoes
hasGeologicalActivity crustal deformation
frequent earthquakes
hasGeologicalFeature accretionary prism
magmatic arc
sedimentary basins
hasHazard strong earthquakes
volcanic eruptions
hasResearchField seismology
tectonics
volcanology
hasStructure back-arc region
forearc region
volcanic front
hasVolcanismType arc volcanism
subduction-related volcanism
hasVolcano Aira Caldera
surface form: Aira caldera

Aso Volcano
surface form: Aso volcano

Beppu
surface form: Beppu volcanic field

Kirishima
Kuju volcano
Mount Aso
Sakurajima
Unzen
locatedIn western Japan
surface form: southwestern Japan
locatedOnIsland Honshu
Kyushu
Shikoku
overliesPlate Eurasian Plate
partOf Japan Arc
Japanese island arc system
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary

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Referenced by (4)

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

Mount Aso locatedInVolcanicArc Southwest Japan Arc
Northeastern Japan Arc partOf Southwest Japan Arc
this entity surface form: Japan island arcs
Northeastern Japan Arc relatedArc Southwest Japan Arc
this entity surface form: Southwestern Japan Arc
Oita locatedIn Southwest Japan Arc
subject surface form: Ōita
this entity surface form: Honshu–Shikoku–Kyushu island arc