South Bismarck Plate

E711101

microplate tectonic plate

The South Bismarck Plate is a small tectonic plate in the southwestern Pacific Ocean involved in complex subduction and collision processes around Papua New Guinea and the Bismarck Sea.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
South Bismarck Plate canonical	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	microplate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWith	Bismarck volcanic arc NERFINISHED ⓘ New Britain Trench NERFINISHED ⓘ New Britain volcanic arc NERFINISHED ⓘ active volcanism ⓘ frequent large earthquakes ⓘ high seismicity ⓘ
borders	Australian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Caroline Plate ⓘ North Bismarck Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon Sea Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodlark Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
controls	tectonics of northern New Britain region ⓘ tectonics of parts of the Bismarck Sea ⓘ
geologicalAge	Cenozoic ⓘ
hasBoundaryType	collision boundary ⓘ subduction boundary ⓘ transform fault boundary ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting	collision zone ⓘ subduction zone ⓘ transform boundaries ⓘ
involvedIn	arc–continent collision ⓘ back-arc tectonics ⓘ complex subduction processes ⓘ
isPartOf	complex plate boundary zone around Papua New Guinea ⓘ
locatedIn	Bismarck Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
motionRelativeToAustralianPlate	generally northeastward ⓘ
namedAfter	Bismarck Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Admiralty Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ New Britain Island NERFINISHED ⓘ New Ireland Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
overrides	subducting Pacific Plate in some segments ⓘ subducting Solomon Sea Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Bismarck Sea tectonic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Melanesia ⓘ
relativeMotionType	convergence with Australian Plate ⓘ convergence with Pacific Plate ⓘ convergence with Solomon Sea Plate ⓘ shear with adjacent microplates ⓘ
size	small ⓘ
studiedIn	plate kinematics research ⓘ seismotectonics of Papua New Guinea ⓘ subduction dynamics research ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

New Britain Trench → associatedPlate → South Bismarck Plate ⓘ

North Bismarck Plate → locatedNorthOf → South Bismarck Plate ⓘ

North Bismarck Plate → interactsWith → South Bismarck Plate ⓘ

Langila → associatedWithPlate → South Bismarck Plate ⓘ