Lesser Antilles subduction zone

E380458

convergent plate boundary subduction zone

The Lesser Antilles subduction zone is a convergent plate boundary in the eastern Caribbean where the Atlantic oceanic crust is subducting beneath the Caribbean Plate, generating a volcanic island arc and frequent seismic activity.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc	2
Lesser Antilles subduction zone canonical	2
Lesser Antilles volcanic arc	2
Barbados accretionary prism	1
Eastern Caribbean seismic and volcanic monitoring zone	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	convergent plate boundary ⓘ subduction zone ⓘ
associatedWith	Benioff zone seismicity ⓘ Lesser Antilles ⓘ surface form: Lesser Antilles island arc frequent seismic activity ⓘ hydrothermal activity ⓘ intermediate-depth earthquakes ⓘ megathrust earthquakes ⓘ subduction-related magmatism ⓘ tsunami generation potential ⓘ
boundedBy	Lesser Antilles subduction zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Barbados accretionary prism Puerto Rico Trench ⓘ
causes	arc volcanism in the Lesser Antilles ⓘ crustal deformation in the eastern Caribbean ⓘ regional uplift and subsidence ⓘ
dipDirection	westward ⓘ
extendsFrom	near Puerto Rico ⓘ
extendsTo	offshore northern South America ⓘ
forms	Lesser Antilles subduction zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lesser Antilles volcanic arc
geologicalAge	Cenozoic ⓘ
hasFeature	accretionary prism ⓘ forearc basin ⓘ volcanic front ⓘ
influences	seismic hazard in the eastern Caribbean ⓘ volcanic hazard in the Lesser Antilles ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Caribbean ⓘ
near	Barbados ⓘ Dominica ⓘ Grenada ⓘ Guadeloupe ⓘ Lesser Antilles ⓘ surface form: Lesser Antilles islands Martinique ⓘ Saint Lucia ⓘ
overridingPlate	Caribbean Plate ⓘ
parallelTo	Lesser Antilles ⓘ surface form: Lesser Antilles island chain
partOf	Caribbean Plate boundary zone ⓘ surface form: Caribbean Plate boundary system global subduction system ⓘ
relatedTo	Caribbean Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ South American Plate ⓘ
studiedBy	marine geophysics ⓘ seismology ⓘ volcanology ⓘ
subductingPlate	North American Plate ⓘ South American Plate ⓘ
subducts	Atlantic oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
tectonicSetting	Atlantic–Caribbean plate boundary ⓘ intra-oceanic arc ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Venezuelan Basin → tectonicallyRelatedTo → Lesser Antilles subduction zone ⓘ

La Soufrière → volcanicArc → Lesser Antilles subduction zone ⓘ

subject surface form: La Soufrière (Guadeloupe)

this entity surface form: Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc

Soufrière Hills → partOf → Lesser Antilles subduction zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Antilles volcanic arc

The Quill → volcanicArcBelt → Lesser Antilles subduction zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc

Seismic Research Centre of The University of the West Indies → jurisdiction → Lesser Antilles subduction zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean seismic and volcanic monitoring zone

Lesser Antilles subduction zone → forms → Lesser Antilles subduction zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Antilles volcanic arc

Lesser Antilles subduction zone → boundedBy → Lesser Antilles subduction zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barbados accretionary prism

Caribbean Plate boundary zone → includesFeature → Lesser Antilles subduction zone ⓘ