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
Sunda Craton → boundedBy → Sunda Arc subduction zones ⓘ
linked to: Sunda subduction system
South Pagai Island → tectonicSetting → Sunda megathrust ⓘ
linked to: Sunda subduction system
North Pagai Island → tectonicSetting → Sunda megathrust ⓘ
linked to: Sunda subduction system