Northeastern Japan Arc

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The Northeastern Japan Arc is a major volcanic arc in northern Honshu formed by subduction along the Japan Trench, characterized by numerous active and dormant volcanoes including Mount Akagi.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf geological province
volcanic arc
age Cenozoic
characterizedBy numerous active volcanoes
numerous dormant volcanoes
country Japan
extendsFrom Hokkaido region (southern part)
extendsTo central Honshu NERFINISHED
formedBy subduction
geologicalProcess arc volcanism
crustal deformation
seismic activity
hasFeature Quaternary volcanoes
back-arc region
volcanic front
hasHazard large earthquakes
tsunamis (from subduction earthquakes)
volcanic eruptions
hasVolcano Mount Adatara
Mount Akagi
Mount Azuma NERFINISHED
Mount Bandai
Mount Chokai NERFINISHED
Mount Hachimantai NERFINISHED
Mount Hakkoda
Mount Iwaki NERFINISHED
Mount Iwaki volcanic field
Mount Iwate NERFINISHED
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane NERFINISHED
Mount Nasu NERFINISHED
Mount Towada NERFINISHED
Mount Zao
locatedIn northern Honshu
locatedOn Honshu NERFINISHED
orientedAlong Japan Trench
overridingPlate North American Plate (geophysical model)
Okhotsk Plate
partOf Japan island arcs
Japanese Archipelago
relatedArc Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc
Kuril Arc
Southwestern Japan Arc
studiedIn plate tectonics
subduction zone dynamics
subductingPlate Pacific Plate
subductionZone Japan Trench
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary
volcanismAge mainly Quaternary

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mount Akagi
volcanicArc

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