Small tectonic plate located to the east of the island of New Guinea
Woodlark Plate
Approximate surface projections of active tectonic plates. Key: Woodlark Plate], Trobriand Plate, Solomon Sea Plate, Active trench subduction boundaries, Inactive trench subduction boundaries, current spreading boundary. The Australian Plate to the southeast and the Pacific Plate to the northwest are not shown, but their complex collision has created these microplates. Click and then mouse over shows feature names.
Type
Microplates
Movement1
northeast
Speed1
58 mm/year
Features
New Guinea, Pacific Ocean
1Relative to the African Plate
New Britain
Woodlark Island
Solomon Islands
Louisiade Archipelago
Coral Sea Basin
W. P.
Woodlark Basin
Manus Basin
Louisiade Plateau
Ontong Java Plateau
Britain New Trench
North Solomon Trough
Woodlark Rise
Papuan Plateau
Trobriand Trough
Pock- lington Trough
Solomon Sea
Pocklinton Rise
Seafloor topographic map of area of Woodlark Plate (W. P.) which is confined to the north of the Woodlark Basin's mid oceanic ridge.[1] The eastern part of the mid oceanic ridge boundary can be seen between the black label W.P, and the white label Woodlark Basin below it.
The Woodlark Plate is a small almost triangular shaped tectonic plate located east of the island of New Guinea and situated mainly within the northern half of the Woodlark Basin. It is located in a very complex tectonic environment, that because of associated features, has been extensively studied since it was first proposed to exist. It is now known to be much smaller than originally proposed, mainly because of information from GPS stations on islands and sea floor studies that have fully defined its margins.
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islands and sea floor studies that have fully defined its margins. The WoodlarkPlate was originally proposed to be somewhat larger than currently is believed...
between the then Indo-Australian Plate and the Solomon microplate creating the presently independent WoodlarkPlate. The Woodlark Basin has a complex geologic...
Small tectonic plate west of Tonga Tonga Plate – Small tectonic plate in the southwest Pacific Ocean WoodlarkPlate – Small tectonic plate located to the...
between the Australian Plate and the WoodlarkPlate in the Woodlark Basin while the subduction of the oceanic crust of the Australian Plate occurs to the south...
the Woodlark Rise, which extends into a transform fault called the Nubara Transform Fault marking the boundary with the adjoining WoodlarkPlate. The...
boundary with the WoodlarkPlate, although this is now best modelled after further studies as a boundary with an enlarged Solomon Sea Plate or a new microplate...
South American Plate; the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates beneath the North American Plate; the Philippine plate beneath the Eurasian plate; and a complex...
005. Sources Benyshek, E. K.; Taylor, B. (2021). "Tectonics of the Papua-Woodlark region". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 22 (e2020GC009209). doi:10...
actually on the Maoke Plate, while Mount Wilhelm is on the WoodlarkPlate, both of which are usually grouped with the larger Australian Plate. If not, then Mount...
Bismarck Plate, the Solomon Sea Plate and the WoodlarkPlate. The Caroline Plate moves at velocities very close to those of the Pacific Plate and its age...
Sangihe Plate Timor Plate New Guinea Maoke Plate North Bismarck Plate Manus Plate Solomon Sea Plate South Bismarck Plate Trobriand PlateWoodlarkPlate...
earthquakes. Lae sits between the larger Indo-Australian Plate and the Pacific Plate on the South Bismarck Plate in the Ramu-Markham Fault Zone where the New Guinea...
(4,900 ft). It is created by subduction, in which the Sunda Plate (part of Eurasian Plate) is subducting under the Philippine Mobile Belt, producing this...
Arabian Peninsula The Carlsberg Ridge in the eastern Indian Ocean The Woodlark Basin undergoing transition from continental rifting to sea floor spreading...
Australian Plate and the Pacific Plate. In the north, the Caroline Plate and North Bismarck Plate subduct underneath the Bird's Head Plate and the Woodlark Plate...
Sangihe Plate Timor Plate New Guinea Maoke Plate North Bismarck Plate Manus Plate Solomon Sea Plate South Bismarck Plate Trobriand PlateWoodlarkPlate...
Mindanao in the Philippines. Along this trench the oceanic crust of the Sunda Plate beneath the Celebes Sea is being subducted beneath the Philippines Mobile...
notably the South Bismarck Plate, the Solomon Sea microplate, and the WoodlarkPlate. The earthquake struck deep beneath the Finisterre Range, a large mountain...
as the Australian Plate collides with the plates to the northeast, marking the southern boundaries of the Maoke and Woodlarkplates. The width of the...
Pacific and North Bismarck plates. It is, however, disputed whether the Caroline Plate moves independently from the Pacific Plate. If not, the West Melanesian...
former oceanic crust boundary between the Pacific Plate and the now inactive North Bismarck Plate, in the area to the west of Papua New Guinea. To its...
converging. At the Huon Peninsula, the WoodlarkPlate is moving north, converging beneath the South Bismarck Plate along the Markham Valley. The tectonic...
converging. At the Huon Peninsula, the WoodlarkPlate is moving north, converging beneath the South Bismarck Plate along the Markham Valley. The tectonic...
complex portion of the tectonic boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate, comprising most of the country of the Philippines. It includes...
Sea Plate has been classified by scientists as a fully subducted microplate that is part of the Molucca Sea Collision Complex. The Molucca Sea Plate represents...
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