GOP Flashcards
3 plates surrounding the philippines
Pacific plate
Eurasian plate
Indo-asutralian plates
- composed entirely of oceanic crust
- age of 150 MY (Late jurassic)
- 80mm, 8 cm / year movement
Pacific plate
At 43 MY (Eocene) the pacific plate moves at ?
50d egrees Counter clockwise rotation from NNW to WNW
At 5 MY (late miocene) the pacific plate moves at?
10 degrees counter Clockwise rotation
Pacific sea plate subducts along ______ , ________, and __________
- Eurasian plate along japan trench
- under philippine sea plate along bonin-marianas trench
- Indo-Australian plate east of new zealand
Rate of movement of eurasian plate
3mm/ year since 50 MY (late miocene)
Plate composed of both oceanic and continental plates
Indo-australian plate
Rate of movement of the indo-australian plate
107 mm/ year with a northward motion
The continental portion of the indo-australian plate collides with the _______
Eurasian (Himalayas)
The oceanic portion of the indo-australian plate subducts under the ________
Eurasian along the Java Trench
Occupies almost 50% of the phil sea plate
West Philippine Basin
Age of west philippine sea basin based on the paleomagnetic data
60 - 35 Ma
Age of the west philippine sea basin based on deep sea drilling
53-42 Ma
3 submarine plateaus in the west philippine sea basin
- Benham Rise
- Urdaneta Plateau
- Anami and Oki-Daito Ridges
- an extinct MOR that trends WNW to ESE
- caused the expansion of the west philippine sea basin
Central Basin Fault