Indo-Australian Plate

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The Indo-Australian Plate is a major tectonic plate comprising the Indian and Australian regions that drives significant geological activity, including earthquakes and mountain building, across the Indian Ocean and surrounding areas.

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Generate an image of the Indo-Australian Plate (The Indo-Australian Plate is a major tectonic plate comprising the Indian and Australian regions that drives significant geological activity, including earthquakes and mountain building, across the Indian Ocean and surrounding areas.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lithospheric plate ⓘ
major tectonic plate ⓘ
tectonic plate ⓘ
ageRange Mesozoic to Cenozoic oceanic crust ⓘ
associatedWith Alpine-Himalayan seismic belt ⓘ
Himalayan orogeny ⓘ
Indian Ocean seismicity ⓘ
Java Trench ⓘ
Sumatra subduction zone ⓘ
causedEvent 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ⓘ
2012 Indian Ocean intraplate earthquakes ⓘ
collidesWith Eurasian Plate in the Himalaya region ⓘ
crustType continental crust ⓘ
oceanic crust ⓘ
drivesProcess earthquakes ⓘ
mountain building ⓘ
seafloor spreading ⓘ
subduction ⓘ
volcanism ⓘ
extendsUnder Arabian Sea ⓘ
Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
parts of the Southern Ocean ⓘ
hasBoundaryType convergent boundary ⓘ
divergent boundary ⓘ
transform boundary ⓘ
hasBoundaryWith African Plate ⓘ
Antarctic Plate ⓘ
Caroline Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Nazca Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
Scotia Plate ⓘ
hasInternalDeformation yes ⓘ
includesRegion Australia ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

New Guinea region ⓘ
linked to: New Guinea

parts of Southeast Asia ⓘ
parts of the Indian Ocean floor ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
mayBeSplittingInto Australian Plate ⓘ
Indian Plate ⓘ
motionDirection northeastward ⓘ
northward ⓘ
motionSpeed about 5 to 7 centimeters per year ⓘ
movesRelativeTo Antarctic Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
overrides Indian Ocean mantle ⓘ
partOf Earth lithosphere ⓘ
subductsBeneath Eurasian Plate along the Sunda Trench ⓘ
Pacific Plate in some regions ⓘ
supportsLandmass Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Australia

Indian Peninsula ⓘ
parts of Southeast Asian islands ⓘ
thoughtToBe composite of Indian Plate and Australian Plate ⓘ

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Referenced by (89)

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Pacific Ocean → hasTectonicBoundary → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Pacific Ring of Fire → associatedWith → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate → boundedBy → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate → movesRelativeTo → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Indo-Australian Plate → mayBeSplittingInto → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Indo-Australian Plate → mayBeSplittingInto → Australian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Ring of Fire → associatedWith → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Tonga Trench → associatedWithPlate → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Tonga Trench → associatedWithPlate → Australian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Eurasian Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Eurasian Plate → interactsWith → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Eurasian Plate → movesRelativeTo → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Antarctic Plate → borders → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Antarctic Plate → separatedFrom → Australian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Southwest Indian Ridge → separates → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
African Plate → boundedBy → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Krakatoa → subductingPlate → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Mount Tambora → formedBySubductionOf → Australian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
New Guinea → locatedOnTectonicPlate → Australian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Caroline Plate → interactsWith → Australian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Himalayan orogeny → affects → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Sumatra subduction zone → subducts → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Sumatra subduction zone → subducts → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Java Trench → subductingPlate → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Java Trench → plateBoundaryBetween → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami → plateInvolved → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Tonga–Kermadec Arc → overridingPlate → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Tonga–Kermadec Arc → overridingPlate → Australian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
New Zealand volcanic zones → associatedWithPlate → Australian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Horizon Deep → tectonicPlate → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Tonga-Kermadec subduction system → underlies → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Kermadec Trench → plateBoundaryBetween → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Sunda Trench → plateSubducting → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
breakup of Gondwana → resultsIn → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
breakup of Gondwana → resultsIn → Australian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Southeast Indian Ridge → separates → Australian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Kermadec Islands → onTectonicPlateBoundary → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Central Indian Ridge → separates → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Indian Ocean Ridge system → separates → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Arakan Mountains → geologicalProvince → Indo-Australian Plate margin ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Tasman Basin → tectonicPlate → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Sunda Arc → subductingPlate → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Mount Agung → tectonicPlate → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Samalas volcano → subductionOf → Australian Plate beneath Sunda Plate ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Australian Plate
Mount Yasur → locatedOn → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Fiji Basin → isAssociatedWith → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Lau Basin → associatedWith → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake → involvedPlate → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Sunda subduction system → subducts → Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ