Banda Sea Plate

E356279
microplate tectonic plate

The Banda Sea Plate is a small tectonic plate in eastern Indonesia involved in complex interactions and subduction with surrounding microplates and major plates in the region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Banda Sea Plate canonical 5
Banda Sea plate 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf microplate ⓘ
tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWith Banda Arc ⓘ
Banda Ridges ⓘ
Banda Sea subduction system ⓘ
Inner Banda Arc ⓘ
surface form: Banda volcanic arc

Seram Trough ⓘ
Timor Trough ⓘ
active volcanism ⓘ
frequent earthquakes ⓘ
high seismicity ⓘ
tsunami-generating earthquakes ⓘ
borderedBy Australian Plate ⓘ
Bird’s Head Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Molucca Sea ⓘ
surface form: Molucca Sea Collision Zone

Pacific Plate ⓘ
Sunda Plate ⓘ
Timor Plate ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
geologicalProcess arc–continent collision ⓘ
crustal shortening ⓘ
oceanic lithosphere subduction ⓘ
orogenesis ⓘ
hasAge Cenozoic origin (approximate) ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
influences tectonics of Banda Sea region ⓘ
tectonics of Seram region ⓘ
tectonics of Timor region ⓘ
topography of Banda Arc ⓘ
isPartOf complex microplate mosaic of eastern Indonesia ⓘ
locatedIn Southeast Asia ⓘ
eastern Indonesia ⓘ
movementDirection generally northward ⓘ
movementRelativeTo Australian Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
movementType oblique convergence ⓘ
namedAfter Banda Sea ⓘ
overrides Australian Plate ⓘ
partOf Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
surface form: Alpide Belt

Indonesia–Australia plate boundary zone ⓘ
surface form: Australian–Pacific–Eurasian plate boundary zone

Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
studiedIn marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
subductsBeneath Eurasian continental margin ⓘ
surface form: Eurasian margin

Referenced by (6)

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

Bird’s Head Plate → interactsWith → Banda Sea Plate ⓘ
Banda Basin → associatedWith → Banda Sea Plate ⓘ
Seram Trough → separates → Banda Sea Plate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Banda Sea plate
Banda Arc → associatedPlate → Banda Sea Plate ⓘ
Inner Banda Arc → associatedWith → Banda Sea Plate ⓘ
Vogelkop Plate → interactsWith → Banda Sea Plate ⓘ