GOPSEA Flashcards
Luzon 1990 Earthquake Magnitude
Ms 7.8
Average Velocities of Pacific, Eurasian and Indo-Australian Plates
80, 3, 107 mm/yr respectively
West Philippine Basin comprises ____% of the PSP.
50%
WPB Two stage opening by Hilde and Lee (1984)
Stage 1: 60-45 Ma, NE-SW, 4.4 cm/yr half spread rate
Stage 2: 45-35 Ma, N-S, 1.8 cm/yr half spread rate
Draw and Label the parts of PSP
(Search)
Represents the volcanic arc formed by the transformation of an old transform fault into a subduction zone arising from the kinematic reorganization of PSP around ____ Ma.
Palau-Kyushu Ridge; 43 Ma
____ Marianas Ridge is active today. ____ Marianas Ridge is active between 20-9 Ma.
East; West
The three main kinematic parameters of the PSP with respect to Eurasia.
- Rotation pole located NE of Japan
- Relative displacement rate variation from N (3 cm/yr) to S on the southern end of Ph Trench (9 cm/yr)
- Relative displacement direction from N (clockwise addition) to S (counterclockwise addition)
Prior to PSP present day kinematics WNW since 5 Ma, the plate was moving _______.
NNW or northwardly
The marginal basins: SCS, Sulu Sea, and Celebes Sea is the result of _____________ within ________ times.
Lithospheric thinning, Neogene
Opening of SCS allowed the drifting away of __________ block from mainland China.
Palawan-Mindoro microcontinental block
Corresponds to a volcanic arc that was active until the end of early Miocene
Cagayan Ridge
________________ is manifested as a group of islands with some classified in ________________ times with one active volcano named: Bud Dajo
Sulu-Zamboanga Arc; Pleistocene-Holocene
The only volcano at which humans witnessed its birth and thus the most studied volcano.
Paricutin
What are the 4 existing models of origin of marginal basins.
Back-arc basin, Continental Domain basin, Extrusion tectonics basin, and Trapped basin
Describe the subduction of PSP under the PH arc along the PH trench.
Subduction is youngest North of the trench and is propagating south due to shallow benioff zones (20° at N, 45° at S)
Why is the PH trench considered a nascent subduction zone.
Compressive structures that should exist due to the subduction zone are simply absent.
Represents the subduction of SCS under Luzon Arc
Manila Trench
This trench is deep in its southern portion but flattens off towards the north.
Manila Trench
It is where the oceanic crust of Sulu Sea Basin is being consumed.
Negros Trench
This feature (what direction) appears to link Cotabato Trench and Negros Trench.
Cotabato Fault (left-lateral)
It represents an active orogenic belt resulting from the collision of the western edge of the PSP with the Eurasian margin. When did it initiate?
Taiwan (continent-arc collision); along kinematic reorganization (Pliocene-4Ma)
Here, the Palawan-Mindoro microcontinent enters into collision with the central portion of PMB. What age did it initiate?
Mindoro- Panay (arc-continent collision); Miocene (along cessation of SCS accretion)
Represents double-vergent subduction that causes the collision of two active volcanic arcs in Mindanao. When did the collision initiate?
Moluccas Sea (arc-arc collision); Late Miocene
Philippine archipelago can be divided into 2 geologic entities.
PMB and Palawan-Mindoro microcontinental block
The following are all pre-Cretaceous metamorphic rocks of continental origin, except:
North Palawan, Zamboanga, Bicol, Eastern Mindanao, Panay, Mindoro
Bicol and Eastern Mindanao (Both are from Cretaceous metamorphic rocks og insular arc affinity)
Early-Late Cretaceous ophiolitic rocks.
a. Montalban
b. Palawan
c. NE Luzon
d. Zambales
e. Mindoro
NE Luzon, and Montalban
Eocene ophiolitic rocks
a. Montalban
b. Palawan
c. NE Luzon
d. Zambales
e. Mindoro
Palawan and Zambales
Oligocene ophiolitic rocks
a. Montalban
b. Palawan
c. NE Luzon
d. Zambales
e. Mindoro
Mindoro
Enumerate the Five active volcanic arcs bounding the Philippine archipelago.
- Luzon Volcanic Arc
- East-Philippine Volcanic Arc
- Negros-Panay Arc
- Sulu-Zamboanga Arc
- Cotabato Arc
Oil was discovered in Nido, Palawan in _______
a. 1973
b. 1976
c. 1978
d. 1986
1976
This basin is structurally controlled by Vigan-Aggao Fault. North: Seds derived from __________. West: Turbidites overlie __________ ophiolites. East: Significant volcanic sources.
Ilocos-Central Luzon Basin, Central Cordillera, Zambales
Basin related to Miocene to Pliocene shallow-marine transition to river-related sediments. It is gently sloping westward, while the western side is more deformed. Includes coal, turbidites, and intrusions.
Cagayan Valley Basin
The lower layers of this basin are composed of limestones and highly deformed turbidites. Traversed longitudinally by PH fault. Youngest are shallow water deposits and reefal limestones.
Answer: Southern Luzon - Bicol Basin
Mindoro Basin - Tertiary deposits of this basin are from North Palawan Block and SCS ophiolitic crust. Tuffs, tuffites, and volcanic conglomerates.
Iloilo Basin - Asymmetric basin in the Philippines filled with deformed and uplifted Oligocene-Miocene deposits and relatively undeformed Quaternary deposits. Thrust over volcaniclastics developed over an ophiolitic and melange basement.
Visayan Sea Basin - A basin installed unconformably over a deformed volcaniclastic basement. Plio-Pleistocene layers are separated by at least 3 major unconformities.
Samar Basin - Basin with similar stratigraphic characteristics as Visayan Sea Basin. Oligocene-Miocene volcaniclastics unconformably overlie mixed basement of ophiolites and metamorphic rocks.
Cotabato Basin - This basin is mainly of relatively undeformed shallow marine deposits, grading into deltaic and fluviatile deposits toward South. Upper Miocene - Pleistocene deposits are exposed.
Tertiary deposits of this basin are from North Palawan Block and SCS ophiolitic crust. Tuffs, tuffites, and volcanic conglomerates.
Answer: Mindoro Basin
Southern Luzon - Bicol Basin - The lower layers of this basin are composed of limestones and highly deformed turbidites. Traversed longitudinally by PH fault. Youngest are shallow water deposits and reefal limestones.
Iloilo Basin - Asymmetric basin in the Philippines filled with deformed and uplifted Oligocene-Miocene deposits and relatively undeformed Quaternary deposits. Thrust over volcaniclastics developed over an ophiolitic and melange basement.
Visayan Sea Basin - A basin installed unconformably over a deformed volcaniclastic basement. Plio-Pleistocene layers are separated by at least 3 major unconformities.
Samar Basin - Basin with similar stratigraphic characteristics as Visayan Sea Basin. Oligocene-Miocene volcaniclastics unconformably overlie mixed basement of ophiolites and metamorphic rocks.
Cotabato Basin - This basin is mainly of relatively undeformed shallow marine deposits, grading into deltaic and fluviatile deposits toward South. Upper Miocene - Pleistocene deposits are exposed.
Asymmetric basin in the Philippines filled with deformed and uplifted Oligocene-Miocene deposits and relatively undeformed Quaternary deposits. Thrust over volcaniclastics developed over an ophiolitic and melange basement.
Answer: Iloilo Basin
Mindoro Basin - Tertiary deposits of this basin are from North Palawan Block and SCS ophiolitic crust. Tuffs, tuffites, and volcanic conglomerates.
Southern Luzon - Bicol Basin - The lower layers of this basin are composed of limestones and highly deformed turbidites. Traversed longitudinally by PH fault. Youngest are shallow water deposits and reefal limestones.
Visayan Sea Basin - A basin installed unconformably over a deformed volcaniclastic basement. Plio-Pleistocene layers are separated by at least 3 major unconformities.
Samar Basin - Basin with similar stratigraphic characteristics as Visayan Sea Basin. Oligocene-Miocene volcaniclastics unconformably overlie mixed basement of ophiolites and metamorphic rocks.
Cotabato Basin - This basin is mainly of relatively undeformed shallow marine deposits, grading into deltaic and fluviatile deposits toward South. Upper Miocene - Pleistocene deposits are exposed.
It is the thickest and deepest basin in the Philippines
Agusan-Davao Basin (>12km)
A basin installed unconformably over a deformed volcaniclastic basement. Plio-Pleistocene layers are separated by at least 3 major unconformities.
Answer: Visayan Sea Basin
Mindoro Basin - Tertiary deposits of this basin are from North Palawan Block and SCS ophiolitic crust. Tuffs, tuffites, and volcanic conglomerates.
Southern Luzon - Bicol Basin - The lower layers of this basin are composed of limestones and highly deformed turbidites. Traversed longitudinally by PH fault. Youngest are shallow water deposits and reefal limestones.
Iloilo Basin - Asymmetric basin in the Philippines filled with deformed and uplifted Oligocene-Miocene deposits and relatively undeformed Quaternary deposits. Thrust over volcaniclastics developed over an ophiolitic and melange basement.
Samar Basin - Basin with similar stratigraphic characteristics as Visayan Sea Basin. Oligocene-Miocene volcaniclastics unconformably overlie mixed basement of ophiolites and metamorphic rocks.
Cotabato Basin - This basin is mainly of relatively undeformed shallow marine deposits, grading into deltaic and fluviatile deposits toward South. Upper Miocene - Pleistocene deposits are exposed.
Basin with similar stratigraphic characteristics as Visayan Sea Basin. Oligocene-Miocene volcaniclastics unconformably overlie mixed basement of ophiolites and metamorphic rocks
Answer: Samar Basin
Mindoro Basin - Tertiary deposits of this basin are from North Palawan Block and SCS ophiolitic crust. Tuffs, tuffites, and volcanic conglomerates.
Southern Luzon - Bicol Basin - The lower layers of this basin are composed of limestones and highly deformed turbidites. Traversed longitudinally by PH fault. Youngest are shallow water deposits and reefal limestones.
Iloilo Basin - Asymmetric basin in the Philippines filled with deformed and uplifted Oligocene-Miocene deposits and relatively undeformed Quaternary deposits. Thrust over volcaniclastics developed over an ophiolitic and melange basement.
Visayan Sea Basin - A basin installed unconformably over a deformed volcaniclastic basement. Plio-Pleistocene layers are separated by at least 3 major unconformities.
Cotabato Basin - This basin is mainly of relatively undeformed shallow marine deposits, grading into deltaic and fluviatile deposits toward South. Upper Miocene - Pleistocene deposits are exposed.
This basin is mainly of relatively undeformed shallow marine deposits, grading into deltaic and fluviatile deposits toward South. Upper Miocene - Pleistocene deposits are exposed.
Answer: Cotabato Basin
Mindoro Basin - Tertiary deposits of this basin are from North Palawan Block and SCS ophiolitic crust. Tuffs, tuffites, and volcanic conglomerates.
Southern Luzon - Bicol Basin - The lower layers of this basin are composed of limestones and highly deformed turbidites. Traversed longitudinally by PH fault. Youngest are shallow water deposits and reefal limestones.
Iloilo Basin - Asymmetric basin in the Philippines filled with deformed and uplifted Oligocene-Miocene deposits and relatively undeformed Quaternary deposits. Thrust over volcaniclastics developed over an ophiolitic and melange basement.
Visayan Sea Basin - A basin installed unconformably over a deformed volcaniclastic basement. Plio-Pleistocene layers are separated by at least 3 major unconformities.
Samar Basin - Basin with similar stratigraphic characteristics as Visayan Sea Basin. Oligocene-Miocene volcaniclastics unconformably overlie mixed basement of ophiolites and metamorphic rocks.
To establish a clear relationship between seismicity and activity along Philippine Fault, the __________ earthquake of ______ reopened debates on this particular problem.
Ragay Gulf Earthquake M7.3 of 1973
Age, length, and slip rate of PH Fault
< 5 Ma, 1200km, 2-3 cm/yr