Sunda Plate
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The Sunda Plate is a minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia that underlies much of Indonesia and surrounding regions, interacting with several neighboring plates and contributing to the area's high seismic and volcanic activity.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
minor tectonic plate
→
tectonic plate → |
| associatedWith |
Indonesian volcanic arc
→
Java Trench → Java subduction zone → Sumatra subduction zone → Sunda Arc → Sunda Trench → frequent large earthquakes → high seismic activity → intense volcanic activity → tsunamigenic earthquakes → |
| borderedBy |
Australian Plate
→
Burma Plate → Caroline Plate → Indian Plate → Molucca Sea Plate → Pacific Plate → Philippine Sea Plate → South China Block → Yangtze Plate → |
| contains |
Sunda Shelf
→
back-arc basins behind Sunda Arc → continental crust regions of Southeast Asia → parts of the South China Sea basin → |
| contributesTo |
earthquake hazard in Southeast Asia
→
tectonic complexity of Indonesia → volcanic hazard in Indonesia → |
| geologicalSetting |
margin of Eurasian Plate
→
|
| hasBoundaryType |
convergent boundary
→
divergent boundary (local, back-arc and rift zones) → subduction zone → transform boundary → |
| locatedIn |
Southeast Asia
→
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| movementDirection |
generally eastward relative to Indian Plate
→
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| movementType |
relative motion with surrounding plates
→
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| namedAfter |
Sunda region of Indonesia
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| overrides |
Australian Plate along Java Trench
→
Indian Plate along Sunda Trench → |
| partOf |
Eurasian Plate system
→
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| subductsBeneath |
Burma Plate
→
|
| underlies |
Borneo
→
Java → Malay Peninsula → Sumatra → eastern Indian Ocean margin near Indonesia → much of Indonesia → southern South China Sea → |
Referenced by (12)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Amur Plate
→
Okhotsk Plate → |
borderedBy |
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Philippine Sea Plate
→
|
borders |
|
Philippine Mobile Belt
→
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boundedBy |
|
Philippine Archipelago
→
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locatedNearPlate |
|
Mount Tambora
→
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locatedOnTectonicPlate |
|
Wayang
("Sunda")
→
|
mainRegion |
|
Krakatoa
("Sunda Arc")
→
|
mountainRange |
|
Sumatra subduction zone
→
|
overlies |
|
Sumatra subduction zone
→
|
overriddenBy |
|
Java Trench
→
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overridingPlate |
|
Java Trench
→
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plateBoundaryBetween |