Banda Sea subduction system

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The Banda Sea subduction system is a complex convergent plate boundary in eastern Indonesia where oceanic lithosphere descends beneath surrounding plates, generating intense seismicity, volcanism, and intricate arc-continent collision structures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf convergent plate boundary ⓘ
subduction system ⓘ
associatedWith Banda Sea back-arc basin ⓘ
Banda volcanic arc ⓘ
linked to: Inner Banda Arc

Seram Trough ⓘ
Timor Trough ⓘ
Weber Deep ⓘ
collision of Australian continental margin with Banda Arc ⓘ
boundedBy Aru Islands ⓘ
Seram Island ⓘ
linked to: Seram

Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to: Celebes

Timor Island ⓘ
linked to: Timor
causes earthquake hazards in eastern Indonesia ⓘ
regional uplift and deformation ⓘ
tsunami potential in Banda Sea region ⓘ
characterizedBy active volcanism ⓘ
arc volcanism ⓘ
arc-continent collision structures ⓘ
back-arc extension ⓘ
complex slab geometry ⓘ
curved island arc ⓘ
forearc basins ⓘ
frequent deep-focus earthquakes ⓘ
frequent intermediate-depth earthquakes ⓘ
intense seismicity ⓘ
thrust faulting ⓘ
forms Banda Arc ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Neogene ⓘ
locatedIn Banda Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Banda Sea

eastern Indonesia ⓘ
overridingPlate Banda Sea plate ⓘ
linked to: Banda Sea Plate

Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Seram microplate ⓘ
Sunda Plate ⓘ
Timor microplate ⓘ
linked to: Timor Plate
partOf Indonesia–Australia plate boundary zone ⓘ
Sunda–Banda arc system ⓘ
linked to: Sunda Arc
process arc-continent collision ⓘ
slab rollback ⓘ
subduction of Australian oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
trench retreat ⓘ
studiedIn plate tectonics research ⓘ
seismotectonic analyses ⓘ
subduction dynamics studies ⓘ
subductingPlate Australian Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting arc–continent collision zone ⓘ
oceanic–continental convergence ⓘ

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Seram Trough → associatedWith → Banda Sea subduction system ⓘ
Seram Trough → partOf → Sunda–Banda subduction complex ⓘ
linked to: Banda Sea subduction system
Mountains of East Nusa Tenggara → volcanism → Banda Sea subduction zone ⓘ
linked to: Banda Sea subduction system
Banda Trench → partOf → Banda Arc subduction system ⓘ
linked to: Banda Sea subduction system