central Caroline Plate

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The central Caroline Plate is a minor tectonic plate in the western Pacific Ocean, situated between larger surrounding plates and associated with complex seafloor spreading and subduction processes.

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central Caroline Plate canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf tectonic plate
hasBoundaryType spreading center
subduction zone
transform boundary
hasCrustType oceanic crust
hasFeature deep-sea basins
fracture zones
mid-ocean ridge segments
hasGeologicalProcess plate convergence
plate divergence
transform faulting
hasTectonicActivity seafloor spreading
subduction
hasTectonicSetting oceanic plate
isBetween larger surrounding tectonic plates
isCharacterizedBy active tectonism
complex plate interactions
microplate dynamics
isPartOfRegion Caroline Plate region NERFINISHED
locatedIn western Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
partOf Pacific Ocean seafloor
studiedInDiscipline geophysics
marine geology
plate tectonics

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West Caroline Basin locatedWestOf central Caroline Plate