Palawan Microcontinental Block

E237719

The Palawan Microcontinental Block is a fragment of continental crust in the western Philippines that plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic and geological evolution.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Palawan Microcontinental Block canonical 3
Palawan margin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental crust fragment ⓘ
microcontinental block ⓘ
adjacentTo Manila Trench ⓘ
Palawan Trough ⓘ
Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
Sulu Sea ⓘ
age Mesozoic to Cenozoic basement and cover (approximate) ⓘ
associatedWith South China Sea rifting ⓘ
collision tectonics ⓘ
subduction processes ⓘ
boundaryType convergent margin ⓘ
boundedBy major faults and sutures with the Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
classifiedAs exotic terrane relative to Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
crustType continental crust ⓘ
geologicalSetting Southeast Asia ⓘ
western Pacific margin ⓘ
hasLithology continental basement rocks ⓘ
granitoid intrusions ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary cover sequences ⓘ
hasResearchInterest continental fragment dispersal in western Pacific ⓘ
plate kinematic reconstructions of Southeast Asia ⓘ
influences basin development in the South China Sea region ⓘ
hydrocarbon prospectivity in adjacent basins ⓘ
regional seismicity patterns ⓘ
sedimentary basin evolution around Palawan ⓘ
locatedIn western Philippines ⓘ
namedAfter Palawan Island ⓘ
linked to: Palawan
partOf Philippine archipelago ⓘ
Sundaland margin system (broadly defined) ⓘ
linked to: Sunda Shelf
playsRoleIn geological evolution of the Philippines ⓘ
tectonic evolution of Southeast Asia ⓘ
tectonic evolution of the Philippines ⓘ
roleIn accretionary history of the Philippine archipelago ⓘ
separatedFrom Eurasian continental margin (hypothesized) ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline marine geology ⓘ
plate reconstruction ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicHistory Cenozoic rifting and drift ⓘ
collision with Philippine Mobile Belt (Miocene, approximate) ⓘ
tectonicOrigin rifted from South China margin (hypothesized) ⓘ
underlies Calamian Islands ⓘ
Cuyo Islands region ⓘ
Palawan Island ⓘ
linked to: Palawan

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Philippine Mobile Belt → hasMicroplate → Palawan Microcontinental Block ⓘ
Cuyo Islands region → partOf → Palawan Microcontinental Block ⓘ
Cuyo Islands region → geologicalAssociation → Palawan Microcontinental Block ⓘ
Palawan Trough → associatedWith → Palawan margin ⓘ
linked to: Palawan Microcontinental Block