Aegean Sea Plate
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The Aegean Sea Plate is a small tectonic plate in the eastern Mediterranean responsible for the complex seismic and volcanic activity around the Aegean Sea region.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
microplate
→
tectonic plate → |
| associatedWith |
Aegean back-arc extension
→
surface form: "Aegean back-arc basin"
Aegean back-arc extension →
surface form: "Aegean extensional province"
Hellenic Arc →
surface form: "Aegean volcanic arc"
Hellenic subduction system →
surface form: "Hellenic subduction zone"
Hellenic Trench →
surface form: "Hellenic trench"
Hellenic Arc →
surface form: "Hellenic volcanic arc"
Methana volcano → Milos volcanic field → Nisyros volcano → Santorini →
surface form: "Santorini volcanic complex"
Hellenic Arc →
surface form: "South Aegean volcanic arc"
normal faulting in the Aegean Sea → strike-slip faulting along its boundaries → |
| boundedBy |
Adriatic Plate
→
African Plate → Anatolian Plate → Cyprus microplate → Eurasian Plate → |
| causes |
active volcanism in the South Aegean
→
complex seismic activity in the Aegean region → frequent earthquakes in Greece → frequent earthquakes in western Turkey → |
| deforms | continental crust of the Aegean region → |
| influences |
seismic hazard in Greece
→
seismic hazard in western Turkey → volcanic hazard in the South Aegean islands → |
| locatedIn |
Aegean Region
→
surface form: "Aegean region"
eastern Mediterranean region → |
| movementType |
extension
→
subduction-related back-arc spreading → |
| movesRelativeTo |
African Plate
→
Anatolian Plate → Eurasian Plate → |
| namedAfter | Aegean Sea → |
| overlies |
Aegean Sea
→
parts of mainland Greece → western Turkey region → |
| partOf |
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
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Earth lithosphere → Mediterranean Ridge region →
surface form: "Mediterranean plate boundary zone"
|
| relatedTo |
crustal thinning in the Aegean Sea region
→
slab rollback of the African Plate beneath the Aegean → |
| studiedIn |
geodynamics of the Aegean region
→
plate tectonics research → seismology of the eastern Mediterranean → |
| tectonicSetting | convergent margin with back-arc extension → |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Aegean microplate"
this entity surface form: "Aegean microplate"
this entity surface form: "Aegean microplate"