South Atlantic tectonic system

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plate boundary network tectonic system

The South Atlantic tectonic system is the network of interacting tectonic plates and boundaries that governs seafloor spreading, subduction, and seismic activity in the South Atlantic Ocean region.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
South Atlantic tectonic system canonical	2

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	plate boundary network ⓘ tectonic system ⓘ
activeSince	Early Cretaceous ⓘ Mesozoic era ⓘ
characterizedBy	intraplate deformation ⓘ seafloor spreading ⓘ seismic activity ⓘ subduction ⓘ transform faulting ⓘ
controls	age structure of South Atlantic oceanic crust ⓘ distribution of earthquakes in the South Atlantic region ⓘ distribution of volcanoes in the South Atlantic region ⓘ pattern of seafloor magnetic anomalies in the South Atlantic ⓘ
governedBy	plate tectonics ⓘ
hasComponent	African Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Antarctic Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Cocos Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazca Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotia Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ South American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ microplates in the South Atlantic ⓘ
includesBoundary	Cocos Plate–Caribbean Plate convergent boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazca Plate–South American Plate convergent boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotia Plate–Antarctic Plate transform boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ South American Plate–African Plate divergent boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ South American Plate–Scotia Plate transform boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ South Sandwich subduction zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesFeature	Angola Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Argentine Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Brazil Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Falkland Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Mid-Atlantic Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio Grande Rise NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotia Arc NERFINISHED ⓘ South Atlantic segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ South Sandwich Trench NERFINISHED ⓘ Walvis Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Walvis Ridge–Rio Grande Rise hotspot track NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesProcess	continental rifting ⓘ lithospheric stretching ⓘ oceanic crust formation ⓘ subduction-related volcanism ⓘ
influences	South Atlantic bathymetry ⓘ South Atlantic sedimentation patterns ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ South Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	breakup of Gondwana NERFINISHED ⓘ opening of the South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
studiedBy	marine geophysics ⓘ plate kinematics ⓘ seismology ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Sandwich Plate → partOf → South Atlantic tectonic system ⓘ

South Sandwich microplate → partOf → South Atlantic tectonic system ⓘ