Aleutian Arc

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The Aleutian Arc is a major volcanic island chain and subduction zone stretching from Alaska toward Russia, forming part of the tectonically active northern boundary of the Pacific Ocean.


Statements (44)
Predicate Object
instanceOf island arc
subduction zone
tectonic plate boundary feature
volcanic arc
arcTrenchSystem Aleutian Trench
associatedWith deep-focus earthquakes
tsunamis
country Russia
United States of America
surface form: "United States"
extendsFrom Alaska Peninsula
extendsToward Kamchatka volcanic arc
surface form: "Kamchatka Peninsula"
formsBoundaryWith North American Plate
Pacific Plate
geologicalAge Cenozoic
geologicalProvince Pacific Ring of Fire
surface form: "Circum-Pacific belt"
hasHazard seismic activity
volcanic eruptions
hasPart Aleutian Islands
Aleutian Islands
surface form: "Andreanof Islands"

Fox Islands
Near Islands
Aleutian Islands
surface form: "Rat Islands"
hasVolcanoType stratovolcanoes
influences Bering Sea margin evolution
North Pacific tectonics
isKeyExampleOf oceanic island arc system
isSegmentOf Aleutian Arc
surface form: "Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone"
isStudiedInField plate tectonics
seismology
volcanology
locatedIn Aleutian Islands
surface form: "Aleutian Islands region"

Pacific Ocean
surface form: "North Pacific Ocean"

Northern Hemisphere
magmatismType subduction-related calc-alkaline magmatism
orientation southwest-northeast
orogenyType island arc orogeny
overridingPlate North American Plate
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire
separates Bering Sea
Pacific Ocean
surface form: "North Pacific Ocean"
subductingPlate Pacific Plate
tectonicProcess oceanic-oceanic subduction
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary
volcanicActivity active

Referenced by (12)

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

Aleutian Trench associatedWith Aleutian Arc
Aleutian Trench associatedWith Aleutian Arc
this entity surface form: "Aleutian volcanic arc"
Aleutian Trench associatedWith Aleutian Arc
this entity surface form: "Aleutian Islands volcanoes"
Aleutian Basin borderedBy Aleutian Arc
this entity surface form: "Aleutian Island arc"
Ring of Fire contains Aleutian Arc
Northern Pacific Ocean hasFeature Aleutian Arc
this entity surface form: "Aleutian Islands arc"
Pacific Ring of Fire hasPart Aleutian Arc
Alaska hasVolcanicActivity Aleutian Arc
this entity surface form: "Aleutian volcanic arc"
Aleutian Arc isSegmentOf Aleutian Arc
this entity surface form: "Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone"
Bowers Ridge isSeparatedFrom Aleutian Arc
Alaska Peninsula partOf Aleutian Arc
Fox Islands volcanicArc Aleutian Arc
this entity surface form: "Aleutian volcanic arc"

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