Mariana volcanic arc

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subduction-related volcanic arc volcanic arc

The Mariana volcanic arc is a chain of active and dormant volcanoes in the western Pacific Ocean formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mariana Arc	9
Guam volcanic complex	1
Mariana arc	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	subduction-related volcanic arc ⓘ volcanic arc ⓘ
associatedWith	Mariana Trench ⓘ back-arc spreading in the Mariana Trough ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dominantRockType	andesite ⓘ basalt ⓘ dacite ⓘ
formedBy	subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
geologicalAge	Cenozoic ⓘ
hasActivityStatus	active volcanoes ⓘ dormant volcanoes ⓘ
hasNotableIslandVolcano	Agrihan ⓘ Anatahan ⓘ Asuncion ⓘ Farallon de Pajaros ⓘ Mariana volcanic arc self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guam volcanic complex Pagan ⓘ Sarigan ⓘ
hasNotableSubmarineVolcano	Esmeralda Bank ⓘ Forecast Seamount ⓘ NW Rota-1 ⓘ
hasPart	Mariana Island Arc ⓘ surface form: Mariana Islands Mariana subduction zone ⓘ surface form: Mariana Trench forearc region
hasVolcanoType	seamount ⓘ stratovolcano ⓘ submarine volcano ⓘ
includes	Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Guam ⓘ
isSegmentOf	western Pacific island arcs ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
maximumDepthNearby	Challenger Deep ⓘ surface form: Mariana Trench Challenger Deep region
nearbyPlate	Pacific Plate ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
orientation	north–south trending chain ⓘ
overlies	Mariana subduction zone ⓘ
partOf	Izu–Bonin Arc ⓘ surface form: Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system
produces	arc magmas ⓘ
researchMethod	marine geophysical surveys ⓘ ocean drilling ⓘ submersible exploration ⓘ
studiedFor	arc magma genesis ⓘ deep-sea volcanism ⓘ subduction processes ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent plate boundary ⓘ
volcanismType	subduction-zone volcanism ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Philippine Sea Plate → associatedWith → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mariana Arc

Ring of Fire → contains → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mariana Arc

Philippine Sea → hasIslandArc → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mariana Arc

Mariana volcanic arc → hasNotableIslandVolcano → Mariana volcanic arc self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guam volcanic complex

Esmeralda Bank → locatedIn → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

Forecast Seamount → locatedIn → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

NW Rota-1 → locatedIn → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mariana arc

Mariana Trench → nearbyVolcanism → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

Anatahan → partOf → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mariana Arc

NW Rota-1 → partOf → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

Izu–Bonin Arc → relatedTo → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mariana Arc

Anatahan → volcanicArc → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

Asuncion → volcanicArc → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mariana Arc

Esmeralda Bank → volcanicArc → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mariana Arc

Forecast Seamount → volcanicArc → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mariana Arc

Pagan → volcanicArc → Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mariana Arc