Banda Sea subduction system

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The Banda Sea subduction system is a complex convergent plate boundary in eastern Indonesia where oceanic lithosphere descends beneath surrounding plates, generating intense seismicity, volcanism, and intricate arc-continent collision structures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf convergent plate boundary
subduction system
associatedWith Banda Sea back-arc basin
Banda volcanic arc NERFINISHED
Seram Trough NERFINISHED
Timor Trough NERFINISHED
Weber Deep NERFINISHED
collision of Australian continental margin with Banda Arc
boundedBy Aru Islands NERFINISHED
Seram Island NERFINISHED
Sulawesi NERFINISHED
Timor Island NERFINISHED
causes earthquake hazards in eastern Indonesia
regional uplift and deformation
tsunami potential in Banda Sea region
characterizedBy active volcanism
arc volcanism
arc-continent collision structures
back-arc extension
complex slab geometry
curved island arc
forearc basins
frequent deep-focus earthquakes
frequent intermediate-depth earthquakes
intense seismicity
thrust faulting
forms Banda Arc NERFINISHED
geologicalAge Cenozoic
Neogene NERFINISHED
locatedIn Banda Sea region NERFINISHED
eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED
overridingPlate Banda Sea plate NERFINISHED
Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED
Seram microplate NERFINISHED
Sunda Plate NERFINISHED
Timor microplate NERFINISHED
partOf Indonesia–Australia plate boundary zone NERFINISHED
Sunda–Banda arc system NERFINISHED
process arc-continent collision
slab rollback
subduction of Australian oceanic lithosphere
trench retreat
studiedIn plate tectonics research
seismotectonic analyses
subduction dynamics studies
subductingPlate Australian Plate NERFINISHED
tectonicSetting arc–continent collision zone
oceanic–continental convergence

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Seram Trough associatedWith Banda Sea subduction system
Seram Trough partOf Banda Sea subduction system
this entity surface form: Sunda–Banda subduction complex