GOP Flashcards
3 major plates surrounding the PH
Pacific
Eurasian
Indo-Australian
Age of Pacific Plate
Rate of movement
150 MY (Late Jurassic)
80mm/yr
Kinematic Reorganization in Pacific Plate
43 MY (Eocene) 50⁰ Counter Clockwise Rotation from NNW to WNW
5 MY (Late Pleistocene) - 10⁰ counter CW Rotation
Pacific Plate subducts into
Eurasian Plate along Japan
PSP along Bonin-Marianas yap Trench
Indo-Australian Plate east of New Zealand
Eurasian Plate
Rate of movement
3mm/yr
Indo-Australian Plate
Rate of movement
Motion Direction
107mm/yr
North
Separation of IN and AU
150 MY (Late Jurassic) Cessation 43 MY (Early Eocene)
Submarine Ridges in PSP
Palau-Kyushu Ridge
Izu-Bonin Ridge
3 submarine plateaus in WPB
Benham Rise
Urdaneta Plateua
Anami and Oki-Daiko Ridge
Age of WPB
60-35 MY Paleomagnetism
53-42 MY Deep Sea Drilling
An extinct MOR in WPB
Central Basin Fault
Stages of Opening in WPB
60 and 45 MY at NE-SW 4.4cm/year
45 and 35 MY at NS 1.8 cm/yr
Origin of WPB
Trapped Ocean Basin
Back-arc Basin Model
What basin opened at 30 Ma and 10 Ma?
When did the opening stopped?
Parece Vela Basin - 30 Ma
Shikoku - 10 Ma
Opening ceased at 17 Ma
Poorly known portion of on the southern
extremity of the plate
Ayu Basin
Opening of Mariana Basin started at ___ Ma.
6 Ma