central Caroline Plate

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The central Caroline Plate is a minor tectonic plate in the western Pacific Ocean, situated between larger surrounding plates and associated with complex seafloor spreading and subduction processes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
central Caroline Plate canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (24)

Predicate Object
instanceOf tectonic plate ⓘ
hasBoundaryType spreading center ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
transform boundary ⓘ
hasCrustType oceanic crust ⓘ
hasFeature deep-sea basins ⓘ
fracture zones ⓘ
mid-ocean ridge segments ⓘ
hasGeologicalProcess plate convergence ⓘ
plate divergence ⓘ
transform faulting ⓘ
hasTectonicActivity seafloor spreading ⓘ
subduction ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting oceanic plate ⓘ
isBetween larger surrounding tectonic plates ⓘ
isCharacterizedBy active tectonism ⓘ
complex plate interactions ⓘ
microplate dynamics ⓘ
isPartOfRegion Caroline Plate region ⓘ
locatedIn western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ocean seafloor ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline geophysics ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

West Caroline Basin → locatedWestOf → central Caroline Plate ⓘ