Ryukyu Arc
E45212
The Ryukyu Arc is a chain of volcanic islands and submarine features stretching from southern Japan toward Taiwan, formed along a convergent plate boundary in the western Pacific.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island arc
→
subduction zone system → tectonic arc → |
| adjacentTo |
Okinawa Trough
→
Ryukyu Trench → |
| associatedWith |
back-arc spreading
→
hydrothermal activity → tsunami-generating earthquakes → |
| borderedBy |
East China Sea to the northwest
→
Philippine Sea to the southeast → |
| characterizedBy |
active volcanism
→
back-arc extension → frequent earthquakes → steep oceanic trench → |
| country | Japan → |
| extendsFrom | southern Japan → |
| extendsToward |
Taiwan, Province of China
→
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| formedBy |
convergent plate boundary
→
subduction of Philippine Sea Plate beneath Eurasian Plate → |
| geologicalFeature |
island chain
→
submarine ridge system → volcanic arc → |
| hasAge | Cenozoic → |
| hasGeologicalProcess |
arc magmatism
→
crustal extension in back-arc region → oceanic plate subduction → |
| hasMaximumElevation | Mount Omoto-dake (Ishigaki Island) → |
| hasPart |
Amami Islands
→
Daitō Islands →
surface form:
Daito Islands
Miyako Islands → Okinawa Island →
surface form:
Okinawa Islands
Okinawa Trough → Ryukyu Islands → Ryukyu Trench → Ryukyu back-arc basin → Yaeyama Islands → |
| hasVolcanismType |
arc volcanism
→
subduction-related volcanism → |
| locatedIn |
East China Sea
→
surface form:
East China Sea region
western Pacific Ocean → |
| overlies | Philippine Sea Plate → |
| parallelTo | Ryukyu Trench → |
| partOf |
Japanese island arcs
→
Pacific Ring of Fire → |
| separates | Philippine Sea from East China Sea → |
| tectonicSetting |
Philippine Sea Plate
→
surface form:
Philippine Sea Plate–Eurasian Plate boundary
|
| trend | southwest–northeast → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.