Halmahera Plate
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The Halmahera Plate is a small tectonic plate in eastern Indonesia involved in complex interactions and subduction processes with surrounding microplates and major plates in the Molucca Sea region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Halmahera Plate canonical | 2 |
| Molucca Sea Plate | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3333301 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Halmahera Plate Context triple: [Bird’s Head Plate, interactsWith, Halmahera Plate]
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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.
Sunda Plate
The Sunda Plate is a minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia that underlies much of Indonesia and surrounding regions, interacting with several neighboring plates and contributing to the area's high seismic and volcanic activity.
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C.
Palawan Microcontinental Block
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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D.
Vogelkop Plate
Vogelkop Plate is a minor tectonic plate located near the Bird’s Head Peninsula in western New Guinea, involved in complex interactions between the Pacific, Australian, and surrounding microplates.
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E.
Sunda Arc
The Sunda Arc is a major volcanic island arc in Indonesia formed by the subduction of the Indo-Australian Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate, hosting numerous active volcanoes across Sumatra, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Halmahera Plate Target entity description: The Halmahera Plate is a small tectonic plate in eastern Indonesia involved in complex interactions and subduction processes with surrounding microplates and major plates in the Molucca Sea region.
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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.
Sunda Plate
The Sunda Plate is a minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia that underlies much of Indonesia and surrounding regions, interacting with several neighboring plates and contributing to the area's high seismic and volcanic activity.
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C.
Palawan Microcontinental Block
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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D.
Vogelkop Plate
Vogelkop Plate is a minor tectonic plate located near the Bird’s Head Peninsula in western New Guinea, involved in complex interactions between the Pacific, Australian, and surrounding microplates.
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E.
Sunda Arc
The Sunda Arc is a major volcanic island arc in Indonesia formed by the subduction of the Indo-Australian Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate, hosting numerous active volcanoes across Sumatra, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
microplate
ⓘ
tectonic plate ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Halmahera volcanic arc
ⓘ
active volcanism ⓘ earthquakes ⓘ seismic activity ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Australian Plate to the south
ⓘ
Eurasian margin to the west ⓘ Pacific Plate to the northeast ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate to the north ⓘ |
| hasBoundaryType |
convergent boundary
ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ transform boundary ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalFeature |
island arc system
ⓘ
oceanic crust ⓘ |
| hasImportanceFor |
regional seismic hazard assessment
ⓘ
understanding microplate interactions ⓘ |
| hasTectonicSetting | complex plate boundary zone ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Australian Plate
ⓘ
Bird’s Head Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ Molucca Sea Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ Sangihe Plate ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Indonesia tectonic framework
ⓘ
Southeast Asia plate mosaic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Molucca Sea
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surface form:
Molucca Sea region
eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Halmahera
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surface form:
Halmahera Island
North Maluku Province ⓘ
surface form:
North Maluku
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| movementType |
convergent relative motion
ⓘ
oblique convergence ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Halmahera
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surface form:
Halmahera Island
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| partOf |
Molucca Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Molucca Sea collision zone
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| studiedIn |
plate tectonics
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subduction zone dynamics ⓘ |
| undergoesProcess |
arc–continent collision
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microplate accretion ⓘ subduction ⓘ |
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Subject: Halmahera Plate Description of subject: The Halmahera Plate is a small tectonic plate in eastern Indonesia involved in complex interactions and subduction processes with surrounding microplates and major plates in the Molucca Sea region.
Referenced by (4)
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