Sunda subduction system

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The Sunda subduction system is a major convergent plate boundary in Southeast Asia where the Indo-Australian Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian/Sunda Plate, generating intense seismic and volcanic activity along Indonesia’s island arcs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf convergent plate boundary
subduction zone
tectonic plate boundary system
associatedWith Andaman Sea region
linked to: Andaman Sea

Indonesian island arcs
Indonesian volcanic arc
Java
Java Trench
Lesser Sunda Islands
Sumatra
Sumatra Trench
linked to: Sunda Trench

Sunda Arc
causes crustal deformation in Java
crustal deformation in Sumatra
uplift of forearc islands
drivenBy slab pull
extendsAlong Lesser Sunda Islands arc
south of Java
western margin of Sumatra
forms Indonesian island arcs
generates intense seismic activity
megathrust earthquakes
tsunamigenic earthquakes
volcanic activity
geologicalAge Cenozoic
hasFeature Sunda Trench
accretionary prism
forearc basin
hazardType earthquake hazard
tsunami hazard
volcanic hazard
influences regional seismic risk in Indonesia
volcanic distribution in Indonesia
locatedIn Indonesia
Southeast Asia
marginType active continental margin
overridingPlate Eurasian Plate
Sunda Plate
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire
plateMotionType convergence
relatedTo 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake
2010 Mentawai earthquake
studiedIn geodynamics
plate tectonics
seismology
volcanology
subducts Indo-Australian Plate
tectonicSetting oceanic-continental subduction

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Java Trench tectonicProvince Sunda subduction system
Sunda Trench relatedEarthquakeZone Sunda megathrust
linked to: Sunda subduction system
Timor Trough partOf Indo-Australian Plate subduction system
linked to: Sunda subduction system
2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake plateInterface Sunda megathrust
linked to: Sunda subduction system
2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami partOf Sunda megathrust
linked to: Sunda subduction system
Burma Plate associatedWithStructure Sunda megathrust
linked to: Sunda subduction system
Inner Banda Arc overlies subducting Australian Plate
linked to: Sunda subduction system
Inner Banda Arc relatedTo Sunda-Banda Arc system
linked to: Sunda subduction system
Nias liesOn Sunda megathrust
linked to: Sunda subduction system
Mentawai Islands locatedOnTectonicSetting Sunda megathrust
linked to: Sunda subduction system