hasTectonicSetting
P17577
predicate
Indicates the geological or tectonic environment in which an entity (such as a rock unit, region, or event) is situated or formed.
Observed surface forms (11)
- tectonicContext ×5
- geologicSetting ×3
- tectonicOrigin ×3
- geodynamicContext ×2
- hasGeologicSetting ×2
- hasTectonicContext ×2
- tectonicEnvironment ×2
- tectonicRegime ×2
- partOfTectonicSetting ×1
- tectonicHistory ×1
- tectonicSettingDuringRift ×1
Sample triples (38)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Alboran Sea | convergence of African Plate and Eurasian Plate → |
| Amerasian Basin | Arctic Ocean basin → |
| Amur Plate | continental plate interior → |
| Amur Plate | intraplate deformation zone → |
| Avalonia microcontinent | passive margin of Gondwana via predicate surface "tectonicSettingDuringRift" → |
| Bahama Banks | rifted continental margin via predicate surface "tectonicOrigin" → |
| Bowers Ridge | back-arc or intra-oceanic arc setting → |
| Bransfield Strait | between Antarctic Plate and Phoenix Plate remnants via predicate surface "tectonicContext" → |
| Cambrian Period | assembly of early Paleozoic continents via predicate surface "hasTectonicContext" → |
| Cambrian Period | breakup of supercontinent Pannotia via predicate surface "hasTectonicContext" → |
| Carboniferous period | assembly of Pangaea via predicate surface "tectonicContext" → |
| Caroline Plate | complex plate boundary zone → |
| Cocos–Nazca spreading center | spreading of oceanic plates in eastern Pacific via predicate surface "geodynamicContext" → |
| Explorer Ridge | extensional via predicate surface "tectonicRegime" → |
| Grampian Terrane | collision-related deformation via predicate surface "tectonicHistory" → |
| Intermontane Plateaus | interior of North American Cordillera via predicate surface "geologicSetting" → |
| Iron Range region (Michigan) | Precambrian banded iron formations via predicate surface "geologicSetting" → |
| Kuril Islands | subduction zone → |
| Kīlauea | Pacific Plate via predicate surface "hasGeologicSetting" → |
| Kīlauea | hotspot volcano → |
|
La Soufrière
surface form:
La Soufrière (Guadeloupe)
|
subduction of the Atlantic Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate via predicate surface "tectonicContext" → |
| Lake Baikal | continental rift via predicate surface "tectonicOrigin" → |
| Medicine Lake Volcano | back-arc setting east of main Cascade axis → |
| Nanga Parbat |
Himalayan orogeny
via predicate surface "partOfTectonicSetting"
→
surface form:
Indian-Eurasian plate collision zone
|
| Nicaraguan Depression | subduction of Cocos Plate beneath Caribbean Plate via predicate surface "tectonicContext" → |
| Nootka Fault | subduction-transform plate boundary transition via predicate surface "tectonicEnvironment" → |
| North Scotia Ridge | active plate margin via predicate surface "tectonicEnvironment" → |
| Okinawa Plate | back-arc basin region → |
| Pacific-Antarctic Ridge | extensional via predicate surface "tectonicRegime" → |
| Pacific-Antarctic Ridge | spreading center in oceanic lithosphere via predicate surface "geodynamicContext" → |
| Philippine Archipelago | complex → |
| Snake Valley | basin-and-range extensional tectonics via predicate surface "hasGeologicSetting" → |
| Solomon Sea | located near plate boundaries → |
| Tasman Basin | passive continental margin via predicate surface "geologicSetting" → |
| Tibetan Plateau | collision of Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate via predicate surface "tectonicOrigin" → |
| Tyrrhenian Sea | back-arc basin → |
| Vesuvius | convergence of African Plate and Eurasian Plate via predicate surface "tectonicContext" → |
| West Antarctic Rift System | extensional tectonics → |