Easter microplate

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The Easter microplate is a small tectonic plate in the southeastern Pacific Ocean whose interactions with surrounding plates help drive volcanic and seismic activity in the region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Easter microplate canonical 2
Easter Microplate 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lithospheric plate ⓘ
tectonic microplate ⓘ
associatedWith Easter hotspot ⓘ
seismic activity ⓘ
volcanic activity ⓘ
boundedBy Antarctic Plate ⓘ
Nazca Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
discoveredBy marine geophysical surveys ⓘ
drivenBy seafloor spreading ⓘ
formationProcess plate boundary reorganization ⓘ
spreading center segmentation ⓘ
hasBoundaryType microplate boundary zone ⓘ
spreading center ⓘ
transform fault ⓘ
hasMotionType relative plate motion ⓘ
hasResearchField geophysics ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
hasTectonicFeature ridge–ridge–ridge triple junctions ⓘ
spreading segments ⓘ
transform fault zones ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting oceanic ⓘ
influences distribution of seamounts in surrounding area ⓘ
morphology of East Pacific Rise region ⓘ
isOceanicCrust true ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
near Easter Island ⓘ
Easter Seamount Chain ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ocean seafloor ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Easter Seamount Chain → relatedTo → Easter Microplate ⓘ
linked to: Easter microplate
Easter fracture zone → associatedWith → Easter microplate ⓘ