Mariana volcanic arc

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The Mariana volcanic arc is a chain of active and dormant volcanoes in the western Pacific Ocean formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mariana volcanic arc canonical 12
Mariana Arc 9
Guam volcanic complex 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf subduction-related volcanic arc
volcanic arc
associatedWith Mariana Trench
back-arc spreading in the Mariana Trough
country United States
dominantRockType andesite
basalt
dacite
formedBy subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate
geologicalAge Cenozoic
hasActivityStatus active volcanoes
dormant volcanoes
hasNotableIslandVolcano Agrihan
Anatahan
Asuncion
Farallon de Pajaros
Guam volcanic complex
Pagan
Sarigan
hasNotableSubmarineVolcano Esmeralda Bank
Forecast Seamount
NW Rota-1
hasPart Mariana Islands
linked to: Mariana Island Arc

Mariana Trench forearc region
hasVolcanoType seamount
stratovolcano
submarine volcano
includes Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Guam
isSegmentOf western Pacific island arcs
locatedIn Pacific Ring of Fire
western Pacific Ocean
maximumDepthNearby Mariana Trench Challenger Deep region
linked to: Challenger Deep
nearbyPlate Pacific Plate
Philippine Sea Plate
orientation north–south trending chain
overlies Mariana subduction zone
partOf Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system
linked to: Izu–Bonin Arc
produces arc magmas
researchMethod marine geophysical surveys
ocean drilling
submersible exploration
studiedFor arc magma genesis
deep-sea volcanism
subduction processes
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary
volcanismType subduction-zone volcanism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Mariana Trench nearbyVolcanism Mariana volcanic arc
Ring of Fire contains Mariana Arc
linked to: Mariana volcanic arc
Philippine Sea hasIslandArc Mariana Arc
linked to: Mariana volcanic arc
Mariana volcanic arc hasNotableIslandVolcano Guam volcanic complex
linked to: Mariana volcanic arc
Philippine Sea Plate associatedWith Mariana Arc
linked to: Mariana volcanic arc
Izu–Bonin Arc relatedTo Mariana Arc
linked to: Mariana volcanic arc
Esmeralda Bank locatedIn Mariana volcanic arc
Esmeralda Bank volcanicArc Mariana Arc
linked to: Mariana volcanic arc
NW Rota-1 locatedIn Mariana arc
linked to: Mariana volcanic arc
NW Rota-1 partOf Mariana volcanic arc
Asuncion volcanicArc Mariana Arc
linked to: Mariana volcanic arc
Forecast Seamount locatedIn Mariana volcanic arc
Forecast Seamount volcanicArc Mariana Arc
linked to: Mariana volcanic arc
Pagan volcanicArc Mariana Arc
linked to: Mariana volcanic arc
Anatahan partOf Mariana Arc
linked to: Mariana volcanic arc
Anatahan volcanicArc Mariana volcanic arc
Agrihan volcano partOf Mariana volcanic arc
Northern Islands Municipality geologicalSetting Mariana volcanic arc
North Pagan Volcano volcanicArcOrBelt Mariana volcanic arc
Mount Pagan mountainRange Mariana volcanic arc
South Pagan Volcano isPartOf Mariana volcanic arc
South Pagan Volcano partOfVolcanicProvince Mariana Islands volcanic province
linked to: Mariana volcanic arc
Maug Islands partOf Mariana volcanic arc
Bird Rock isPartOf Mariana volcanic arc