GOP Flashcards
Surrounded by 3 major plates
Philippine Mobile belt
the 3 plates surrounding the Philippine Mobile Belt?
- Pacific Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Indo-Australian plate
The Pacific Plate is moving ______ at ______ per year.
Northwest , 80mm
The Eurasian Plate is moving ______ per year
3mm
the fastest moving plate
Indo-Australian plate
Indo-Australian plate moves _______ at _______mm/yr
Northward motion, 107
Eurasian Plate is composed of
Entirely continental crust except at the marginal basin
Pacific Plate is composed of
Oceanic crust
Fixed / stable plate since 50 Ma (late miocene)
Eurasian plate
Age of Pacific Plate
150 Ma (Late Jurassic)
Evidence used to identify the rotation/ manifestation that happened 25 MY
Emperor Seamount
Why does the Pacific Plate only age up to 150 MY?
Because the material there are being SUBDUCTED
Kinematics reorganization of the Pacific Plate happened during
- 43 MY (eocene) at 5° Counter clockwise (NNW to WNW)
- 5 MY (miocene) at 10° Clockwise
2 components of the Indo-Australian plate
Continental and Oceanic
The continental component of Indo-Australian plate
India and Australia
The oceanic component of Indo-Australian plate
Indian Ocean
Australia and India separated because?
The development of MOR
The separation of Australia and India started _______ and cease during ______
150 MY (Late Jurassic) (start) ; 43MY (Middle Eocene) (end)
Pacific Plate subducts at
- Under Eurasian plate along Japan trench
- Along Bonin-Marianas Yap trench system; under Philippine Sea plate.
- Under Indo-Australian, east of New Zealand.
The India part of the Indo-Australian plate collides with
Eurasian plate (in the Himalayas)
The Philippine Sea Plate is subdivided to
- Ocean Basin
- Submarine Ridges
West Philippine Basin is composed of
3 submarine plateau
3 submarine plateau in the West Philippine Basin
- Benham Rise
- Urdaneta Plateau
- Anami oki-daito ridges
Base on _________, West Philippine Basin is age 35 MY to 60 MY
Paleomagnetic Data
West Philippine Basin is age 42 to 53 MY based on
Deep sea Drilling
The oceanic portion of Indo - Australian Plate subducts under Eurasian Plate along the ____________
Java Trench
Occupies almost 50% of the Philippine Sea Plate
West Philippine Basin
An extinct MOR in the WPB
Central Basin Fault
Central basin fault trends from ________ to _______
WNW to ESE
The one responsible for the spreading or generation of the WPB
Central Basin Fault
Stages of Opening of WPB
- 60 and 45 MY at NE-SW (4.4 cm/year of half spreading rate)
- 45 and 35 MY at NS orientation (1.8 cm/yr)
2 models for the WPB’s Origin
- Trapped Oceanic Basin
- Back Arc Basin
Trapped Oceanic Basin states that
WPB is enclosed by older ridges
Back Arc Basin Model states that
As subduction goes along, if the slab is older and colder it will therefore be pushed back or roll back because it gets heavier and as it rolls back it pulls/ trigger the spreading of the central basin faults which causes the generation of the WPB
The Philippine Island is located at
Philippine Mobile Belt
During the Opening of the WPB the _________ correspond to a relict volcanic arc that travelled to the NE. (According to Back Arc Basin Model)
Oki - Daito
An Oceanic Crust Basin that accelerates on a N-S spreading axis
Parece Vela - Shikoku Basin
The 1st Stage of the opening of the PVSB starts at ______ and correspond to ________
30 Ma ; Parece Vela