Halmahera Plate

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The Halmahera Plate is a small tectonic plate in eastern Indonesia involved in complex interactions and subduction processes with surrounding microplates and major plates in the Molucca Sea region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Halmahera Plate canonical 2
Molucca Sea Plate 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf microplate ⓘ
tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWith Halmahera volcanic arc ⓘ
active volcanism ⓘ
earthquakes ⓘ
seismic activity ⓘ
boundedBy Australian Plate to the south ⓘ
Eurasian margin to the west ⓘ
Pacific Plate to the northeast ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate to the north ⓘ
hasBoundaryType convergent boundary ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
transform boundary ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature island arc system ⓘ
oceanic crust ⓘ
hasImportanceFor regional seismic hazard assessment ⓘ
understanding microplate interactions ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting complex plate boundary zone ⓘ
interactsWith Australian Plate ⓘ
Bird’s Head Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Molucca Sea Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
Sangihe Plate ⓘ
isPartOf Indonesia tectonic framework ⓘ
Southeast Asia plate mosaic ⓘ
locatedIn Molucca Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Molucca Sea

eastern Indonesia ⓘ
locatedNear Halmahera Island ⓘ
linked to: Halmahera

North Maluku ⓘ
movementType convergent relative motion ⓘ
oblique convergence ⓘ
namedAfter Halmahera Island ⓘ
linked to: Halmahera
partOf Molucca Sea collision zone ⓘ
linked to: Molucca Sea
studiedIn plate tectonics ⓘ
subduction zone dynamics ⓘ
undergoesProcess arc–continent collision ⓘ
microplate accretion ⓘ
subduction ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Bird’s Head Plate → interactsWith → Halmahera Plate ⓘ
Sunda Plate → borderedBy → Molucca Sea Plate ⓘ
linked to: Halmahera Plate
Molucca Sea → locatedOn → Molucca Sea Plate ⓘ
linked to: Halmahera Plate
Vogelkop Plate → interactsWith → Halmahera Plate ⓘ