Ionian plate
E581798
The Ionian Plate is a small, dense oceanic tectonic plate in the central Mediterranean, underlying the Ionian Sea and involved in complex subduction and collision processes with surrounding plates.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ionian plate canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
microplate
ⓘ
oceanic plate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ |
| borders |
Adriatic Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aegean Sea Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ African Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCrustType | oceanic crust ⓘ |
| hasDensity | high density ⓘ |
| hasLithosphereAge | Mesozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotionType | convergent boundary interactions ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
highly thinned oceanic crust
ⓘ
very old oceanic lithosphere ⓘ |
| influences |
seismic hazard in southern Italy
ⓘ
seismic hazard in western Greece ⓘ volcanism in the Aeolian Islands ⓘ volcanism in the southern Aegean volcanic arc ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
arc volcanism in southern Italy
ⓘ
arc volcanism in the southern Aegean region ⓘ deep seismicity in the central Mediterranean ⓘ intermediate-depth earthquakes beneath Greece ⓘ intermediate-depth earthquakes beneath southern Italy ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedBy |
complex slab geometry
ⓘ
deeply penetrating slab into the upper mantle ⓘ steeply dipping subducting slab beneath southern Italy ⓘ |
| isInvolvedIn |
Calabrian subduction zone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hellenic subduction zone ⓘ central Mediterranean tectonics ⓘ collision between Africa and Eurasia ⓘ |
| isOverriddenBy |
Calabrian Arc
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hellenic forearc ⓘ southern Apennines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Mediterranean region
ⓘ
Tethyan domain remnants ⓘ |
| isSmallerThan |
African Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn | Mediterranean geodynamics ⓘ |
| isSubductingBeneath |
Calabrian Arc
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hellenic Arc NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Apennines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubductingDirection |
northward to northeastward beneath the Hellenic Arc
ⓘ
northwestward beneath the Calabrian Arc ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movesRelativeTo |
African Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| underlies | Ionian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.