Caroline Plate boundary zone

E753960
geological region tectonic boundary zone

The Caroline Plate boundary zone is a complex tectonic region in the western Pacific where the Caroline Plate interacts with surrounding plates, featuring features such as troughs, trenches, and seafloor deformation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Caroline Plate boundary zone canonical 1
Caroline Plate tectonic province 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region ⓘ
tectonic boundary zone ⓘ
associatedWith Australian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caroline Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Bismarck Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Bismarck Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy microplate interactions ⓘ
seafloor deformation ⓘ
subduction-related structures ⓘ
trenches ⓘ
troughs ⓘ
geologicalProcess back-arc deformation ⓘ
subduction ⓘ
transform faulting ⓘ
hasFeature deformed oceanic crust ⓘ
fracture zones ⓘ
oceanic trenches ⓘ
oceanic troughs ⓘ
lithosphereType oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
locatedIn western Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire region NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Caroline Plate motion ⓘ
plate convergence ⓘ
plate divergence ⓘ
plate shear ⓘ
researchField marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seismotectonics ⓘ
tectonicActivity earthquake generation ⓘ
seafloor faulting ⓘ
tectonicSetting complex plate interaction zone ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Sorol Trough → tectonicSetting → Caroline Plate boundary zone ⓘ
West Caroline Basin → includedIn → Caroline Plate boundary zone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caroline Plate tectonic province