Northeastern Japan Arc

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geological province volcanic arc

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Northeastern Japan Arc canonical 6
Northeast Japan Arc 4

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 Chūbu region ⓘ
surface form: central Honshu
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 ⓘ
Mount Bandai ⓘ
Mount Chōkai ⓘ
surface form: Mount Chokai

Mount Hachimantai ⓘ
Mount Hakkoda ⓘ
Mount Iwaki ⓘ
Mount Iwaki volcanic field ⓘ
Mount Iwate ⓘ
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane ⓘ
Mount Nasu ⓘ
Mount Towada ⓘ
Mount Zao ⓘ
locatedIn northern Honshu ⓘ
locatedOn Honshu ⓘ
orientedAlong Japan Trench ⓘ
overridingPlate North American Plate ⓘ
surface form: North American Plate (geophysical model)

Okhotsk Plate ⓘ
partOf Southwest Japan Arc ⓘ
surface form: Japan island arcs

Japanese archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Archipelago
relatedArc Izu–Bonin Arc ⓘ
surface form: Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc

Kuril Islands ⓘ
surface form: Kuril Arc

Southwest Japan Arc ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Japan Arc
studiedIn plate tectonics ⓘ
subduction zone dynamics ⓘ
subductingPlate Pacific Plate ⓘ
subductionZone Japan Trench ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ
volcanismAge mainly Quaternary ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Mount Akagi → volcanicArc → Northeastern Japan Arc ⓘ
Mount Haruna → volcanicArcOrBelt → Northeastern Japan Arc ⓘ
Mount Norikura → volcanicArc → Northeastern Japan Arc ⓘ
Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group → volcanicArcOrBelt → Northeastern Japan Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeast Japan Arc
Mount Iō (Shiretoko) → volcanicBelt → Northeastern Japan Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeast Japan Arc
Shikotsu caldera → volcanicArc → Northeastern Japan Arc ⓘ
Toya caldera → volcanicArcOrBelt → Northeastern Japan Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeast Japan Arc
Mount Tarumae → volcanicArcOrBelt → Northeastern Japan Arc ⓘ
Mount Usu → isPartOf → Northeastern Japan Arc ⓘ
Mount Annupuri → volcanicArcOrBelt → Northeastern Japan Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeast Japan Arc