Aegean Sea Plate

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microplate tectonic plate

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Aegean microplate	5
Aegean Sea Plate canonical	4

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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ