Solomon Sea Plate

E655641
microplate oceanic plate tectonic plate

The Solomon Sea Plate is a small, active oceanic tectonic plate in the southwestern Pacific, located north of Papua New Guinea and associated with intense subduction and volcanism.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Solomon Sea Plate canonical 3
Solomon Sea plate boundary system 1

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf microplate ⓘ
oceanic plate ⓘ
tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWith New Britain Trench NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Britain subduction zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
frequent earthquakes ⓘ
intense volcanism ⓘ
island arc volcanism ⓘ
borderedBy Australian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caroline Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Bismarck Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woodlark Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBoundaryType convergent boundary ⓘ
divergent boundary ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
transform fault ⓘ
influences seismic hazard in New Britain region ⓘ
tectonics of Papua New Guinea region ⓘ
volcanic activity in Bismarck volcanic arc ⓘ
lithosphereType oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
locatedNear Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Bismarck Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedWestOf New Britain Trench NERFINISHED ⓘ
movementType active ⓘ
namedAfter Solomon Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf southwest Pacific plate boundary zone ⓘ
relativeMotion rapid convergence with surrounding plates ⓘ
researchField marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
subductsBeneath Australian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Bismarck Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
tectonicSetting southwestern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Bagana → tectonicPlate → Solomon Sea Plate ⓘ
New Britain Trench → associatedPlate → Solomon Sea Plate ⓘ
New Britain Trench → isPartOf → Solomon Sea Plate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Solomon Sea plate boundary system
Mount Ulawun → subductionOf → Solomon Sea Plate ⓘ