Banda orogeny
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The Banda orogeny is a mountain-building event responsible for the complex tectonic deformation and uplift associated with the collision of the Australian Plate with the Banda Arc region in eastern Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banda orogeny canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological process
ⓘ
mountain-building event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ |
| affects |
Banda Sea crust
ⓘ
Seram region NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanimbar Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Timor region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Banda Arc
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Banda Sea region ⓘ |
| causes |
crustal shortening
ⓘ
exhumation of high-pressure metamorphic rocks ⓘ folding of sedimentary sequences ⓘ structural complexity in Banda Arc region ⓘ thrust faulting ⓘ uplift of orogenic belts ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
active volcanism in Banda Arc
ⓘ
high seismicity ⓘ steeply dipping subduction zones ⓘ tight oroclinal bending ⓘ |
| controls |
distribution of sedimentary basins in eastern Indonesia
ⓘ
regional topography of Banda Arc region ⓘ |
| drivenBy | collision of Australian Plate with Banda Arc ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| geologicalAgeDetail | Neogene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
hazardous earthquakes in eastern Indonesia
ⓘ
tsunami-generating seismic events in Banda Sea ⓘ |
| involves |
Australian Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eurasian-affiliated microplates ⓘ oceanic and continental lithosphere interaction ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
deformation of Australian continental margin sediments
ⓘ
formation of accretionary complexes ⓘ uplift of outer Banda Arc islands ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ongoing | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produces | mountain belts of Timor and adjacent islands ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
arc curvature of Banda Arc
ⓘ
rollback of subducting slab ⓘ subduction of Australian Plate beneath Banda Arc ⓘ |
| resultsIn |
complex tectonic deformation in eastern Indonesia
ⓘ
development of forearc and backarc basins ⓘ formation of Banda Arc orogenic system ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
plate tectonics
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | arc-continent collision ⓘ |
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