Amur Plate

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minor tectonic plate tectonic plate

The Amur Plate is a minor tectonic plate in East Asia that includes parts of eastern Russia, northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, and moves independently from the larger Eurasian Plate.

Aliases (1)
Statements (44)
Predicate Object
instanceOf minor tectonic plate →
tectonic plate →
affects seismic hazard in Japan →
seismic hazard in northeastern China →
seismic hazard on Korean Peninsula →
tectonics of East Asia →
associatedWith Baikal Rift Zone →
Japan Trench →
Kuril–Kamchatka Trench →
seismic activity in East Asia →
borderedBy Eurasian Plate →
India Plate →
North American Plate →
Okhotsk Plate →
Pacific Plate →
Philippine Sea Plate →
Sunda Plate →
Yangtze Plate →
containsPartOf Bohai Sea →
Sea of Japan →
Sea of Okhotsk →
Yellow Sea →
hasApproximateLocation between Lake Baikal and the western Pacific margin →
hasBoundaryType convergent boundary →
divergent boundary →
transform boundary →
hasTectonicSetting continental plate interior →
intraplate deformation zone →
includesRegion Japan →
Korean Peninsula →
eastern Russia →
northeastern China →
locatedIn East Asia →
movementDirection southeastward →
movementRelativeTo Eurasian Plate →
movementType continental drift →
movesIndependentlyOf Eurasian Plate →
namedAfter Amur River →
overlies continental crust →
partOf Eastern Hemisphere →
lithosphere →
studiedInDiscipline geology →
geophysics →
plate tectonics →
Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Okhotsk Plate ("Amurian Plate") →
borderedBy
Philippine Sea Plate →
borders
Eurasian Plate →
hasBoundaryWith
Eurasian Plate →
interactsWith
Nankai Trough →
overridingPlate
Philippine Sea Plate →
subductsBeneath
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