Mindoro microplate

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The Mindoro microplate is a small tectonic block in the western Philippines whose interactions with surrounding plates significantly influence the region’s seismicity and geological evolution.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mindoro microplate canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic structure ⓘ
microplate ⓘ
tectonic block ⓘ
associatedWith Mindoro Island ⓘ
linked to: Mindoro

complex faulting ⓘ
crustal shortening ⓘ
uplift of western Philippine regions ⓘ
boundedBy Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Manila Trench region ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
Philippine Trench region ⓘ
linked to: Philippine Trench

South China Sea basin ⓘ
linked to: South China Sea

Sunda Plate ⓘ
causes earthquake activity in western Philippines ⓘ
influences geological evolution of western Philippines ⓘ
regional seismicity of western Philippines ⓘ
locatedIn Philippine archipelago ⓘ
western Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Western Philippines
movementType oblique convergence ⓘ
strike-slip component ⓘ
transpressional deformation ⓘ
near Manila Trench ⓘ
Philippine Fault Zone ⓘ
partOf Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
relatedTo collision between Philippine Mobile Belt and Eurasian margin ⓘ
researchField geodynamics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
significance important for seismic hazard assessment in the region ⓘ
key to understanding plate interactions in the western Philippines ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent margin ⓘ
subduction zone system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Philippine Mobile Belt → hasMicroplate → Mindoro microplate ⓘ