Sulu Sea Plate and Philippine Mobile Belt

E878409

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sulu Sea Plate and Philippine Mobile Belt canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mobile belt ⓘ
tectonic plate ⓘ
tectonic terrane ⓘ
adjacentTo Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Sulu Sea Plate ⓘ
associatedWith Philippine archipelago ⓘ
associatedWithProcess plate convergence ⓘ
plate convergence ⓘ
subduction ⓘ
subduction ⓘ
associatedWithStructure Manila Trench ⓘ
Philippine Trench ⓘ
Sulu Trench ⓘ
boundedBy Philippine Mobile Belt to the east ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate to the east ⓘ
Sulu Sea Plate to the southwest ⓘ
Sunda Plate to the west ⓘ
linked to: Sunda Plate

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 ⓘ
Sulu Sea Plate ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Sulu Sea Plate ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Negros Trench → plateBoundaryBetween → Sulu Sea Plate and Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ