Hellenic Arc
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The Hellenic Arc is a prominent tectonic and volcanic arc in the eastern Mediterranean where the African Plate subducts beneath the Eurasian Plate, forming deep-sea trenches and active seismic zones south of Greece.
Aliases (6)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
tectonic arc
→
volcanic arc → |
| adjacentTo |
Aegean Sea
→
Ionian Sea → Libyan Sea → |
| associatedWith |
Aegean volcanic arc
→
Hellenic subduction zone → |
| countryBorder |
Egypt
→
Greece → Libya → Turkey → |
| extendsFrom |
Ionian Sea
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| extendsTo |
area south of Rhodes
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| formedBy |
subduction of African Plate beneath Eurasian Plate
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| geologicalAge |
Cenozoic
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| hasFeature |
active seismic zone
→
back-arc basin → deep-sea trench → volcanic islands → |
| hasMaximumDepth |
over 5000 m in trench areas
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| hasPart |
Cretan Arc
→
Hellenic Trench → Peloponnese segment → Rhodes segment → |
| hasProcess |
arc volcanism
→
crustal deformation → seismicity → subduction → |
| locatedIn |
eastern Mediterranean Sea
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| locatedSouthOf |
Greece
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| nearbyVolcanicCenter |
Methana
→
Milos → Nisyros → Santorini → |
| orientation |
roughly arcuate from Ionian Sea to eastern Mediterranean
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| partOf |
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
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| plateInvolved |
Aegean microplate
→
African Plate → Eurasian Plate → |
| relatedHazard |
large earthquakes
→
submarine landslides → tsunamis → |
| researchField |
marine geology
→
plate tectonics → seismology → |
| seismicActivity |
high
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| tectonicSetting |
convergent plate boundary
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| volcanicActivity |
active to dormant
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Referenced by (15)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Aegean Sea Plate
("Aegean volcanic arc")
→
Aegean Sea Plate ("South Aegean volcanic arc") → Aegean Sea Plate ("Hellenic volcanic arc") → Hellenic Arc ("Aegean volcanic arc") → Hellenic Trench ("Hellenic volcanic arc") → Hellenic subduction system → Hellenic subduction system ("Aegean volcanic arc") → |
associatedWith |
|
Hellenic subduction system
("Hellenic Arc region")
→
Strait of Kythira ("Hellenic Arc region") → |
locatedIn |
|
Hellenic Trench
("Hellenic Arc system")
→
Nisyros ("Hellenic volcanic arc") → |
partOf |
|
Calypso Deep
→
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featureOf |
|
Hellenic Arc
("Cretan Arc")
→
|
hasPart |
|
Mediterranean Ridge region
→
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relatedTo |
|
Hellenic Trench
→
|
underlies |