Sulu Sea Plate and Philippine Mobile Belt

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The Sulu Sea Plate and Philippine Mobile Belt are interacting tectonic regions in the western Pacific whose complex convergence and subduction help drive the intense seismic and volcanic activity of the central Philippines.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Philippine Mobile Belt 0
Sulu Sea Plate 0

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mobile belt
tectonic plate
tectonic terrane
adjacentTo Philippine Mobile Belt NERFINISHED
Sulu Sea Plate NERFINISHED
associatedWith Philippine archipelago NERFINISHED
associatedWithProcess plate convergence
plate convergence
subduction
subduction
associatedWithStructure Manila Trench NERFINISHED
Philippine Trench NERFINISHED
Sulu Trench NERFINISHED
boundedBy Philippine Mobile Belt to the east
Philippine Sea Plate to the east
Sulu Sea Plate to the southwest
Sunda Plate to the west NERFINISHED
other microplates of the Sunda–Philippine region
characterizedBy active faults
arc volcanism
high seismicity
intense deformation
contributesTo seismic activity in the central Philippines
seismic activity in the central Philippines
volcanic activity in the central Philippines
volcanic activity in the central Philippines
convergesWith Philippine Mobile Belt NERFINISHED
Sulu Sea Plate NERFINISHED
drives earthquake hazards in the Philippines
volcanic hazards in the Philippines
extendsAcross central Philippines
includes Luzon segment
Mindanao segment
Visayas segment
interactsTectonicallyWith Philippine Mobile Belt NERFINISHED
Sulu Sea Plate NERFINISHED
locatedIn Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
western Pacific region
western Pacific region
movementType oblique convergence
strike-slip faulting
subduction beneath surrounding arcs
partOf Philippine Sea region tectonic framework
Philippine Sea region tectonic framework
underlies Sulu Sea NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)

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Negros Trench plateBoundaryBetween Sulu Sea Plate and Philippine Mobile Belt