Kyushu–Palau Ridge system

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The Kyushu–Palau Ridge system is a major underwater volcanic island arc and tectonic ridge in the Philippine Sea, formed by subduction-related processes along the western Pacific margin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic feature
tectonic ridge
underwater volcanic island arc
associatedWith Pacific Plate
Philippine Sea Plate
characterizedBy deep-sea ridges
submarine volcanoes
extendsFrom Kyushu
surface form: Kyushu region of Japan
extendsTo Palau
surface form: Palau region
formedBy subduction-related processes
geologicAge Cenozoic
geologicOrigin island arc volcanism
isPartOf western Pacific island arc system
liesEastOf Ryukyu Islands
liesWestOf West Philippine Basin
locatedIn Philippine Sea
western Pacific Ocean
namedAfter Kyushu
Palau
orientation roughly north–south
partOf Izu–Bonin Arc
surface form: Izu–Bonin–Mariana arc system

Philippine Sea Plate
surface form: Philippine Sea plate margin
relatedProcess arc magmatism
oceanic crust subduction
researchField marine geology
plate tectonics
separates Parece Vela Basin
West Philippine Basin
tectonicRole fossil island arc
tectonicSetting convergent plate margin

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Philippine Sea Plate hasTrench Kyushu–Palau Ridge system
Philippine Basin boundedBy Kyushu–Palau Ridge system
this entity surface form: Kyushu–Palau Ridge
Shikoku Basin boundedBy Kyushu–Palau Ridge system
this entity surface form: Kyushu–Palau Ridge
Shikoku Basin liesEastOf Kyushu–Palau Ridge system
this entity surface form: Kyushu–Palau Ridge
West Philippine Basin boundedBy Kyushu–Palau Ridge system
this entity surface form: Palau-Kyushu Ridge
Hyuga-nada segment adjacentTo Kyushu–Palau Ridge system
this entity surface form: Kyushu-Palau Ridge (to the south, plate interior)