Sulu Sea Plate
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The Sulu Sea Plate is a small tectonic plate in the western Pacific region underlying the Sulu Sea between the Philippines and Borneo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sulu Sea Plate canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
microplate
ⓘ
tectonic plate ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Eurasian Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philippine Mobile Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunda Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
subduction zones
ⓘ
trenches ⓘ |
| formedIn | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | marginal basin ⓘ |
| liesNorthOf | Celebes Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liesSouthOf | Philippine Mobile Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liesWestOf | Philippine Sea Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lithosphereType | oceanic lithosphere ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Borneo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western Pacific region ⓘ |
| locatedOffshoreFrom |
Mindanao
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palawan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementType | relative motion with surrounding plates ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sulu Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlainBy | Sulu Sea basin sediments ⓘ |
| partOf | Philippine Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| studyField |
marine geology
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ |
| typeOf | oceanic plate ⓘ |
| underlies | Sulu Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| underliesPartOf |
Philippine archipelago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern Borneo margin ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.