Caroline Plate
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The Caroline Plate is a small tectonic plate in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of New Guinea and interacting with several surrounding plates in a complex boundary zone.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caroline Plate canonical | 18 |
| Caroline Plate microplate | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
microplate
ⓘ
tectonic plate ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Eauripik Rise
ⓘ
New Guinea Trench ⓘ
surface form:
Kilinailau Trench
New Guinea Trench ⓘ Sorol Trough ⓘ New Guinea Trench ⓘ
surface form:
West Melanesian Trench
|
| containsFeature |
Caroline Ridge
ⓘ
East Caroline Basin ⓘ Eauripik Rise ⓘ Sorol Trough ⓘ West Caroline Basin ⓘ |
| hasBoundaryType |
convergent boundary
ⓘ
divergent boundary ⓘ transform boundary ⓘ |
| hasCrustType | oceanic crust ⓘ |
| hasMotionRelativeTo | Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| hasMotionType | generally westward relative motion ⓘ |
| hasSeismicity | frequent earthquakes along its boundaries ⓘ |
| hasTectonicSetting | complex plate boundary zone ⓘ |
| hasVolcanismType | intra-oceanic arc volcanism ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Indo-Australian Plate
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian Plate
North Bismarck Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ Pacific–Caroline boundary zone ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ South Bismarck Plate ⓘ |
| isSubductedBeneath |
North Bismarck Plate
ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ North Bismarck Plate ⓘ
surface form:
South Bismarck Plate
|
| locatedIn | western Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | New Guinea ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Caroline Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Caroline Islands region
|
| overlies |
West Caroline Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Caroline Basin
|
| partOf |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Ocean basin
|
| studiedInDiscipline |
marine geology
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Caroline Plate microplate