Caroline Plate
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| Caroline Plate | |
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| Type | Minor |
| Approx. Area | 1,700,000 km2[1] |
| Movement1 | north-west |
| Speed1 | 87mm/year |
| Features | Pacific Ocean |
| 1Relative to the African Plate | |
The Caroline Plate is a minor tectonic plate that straddles the equator in the eastern hemisphere located north of New Guinea. It forms a subduction zone along the border with the Bird's Head Plate and the Woodlark Plate to the south. A transform boundary forms the northern border with the Pacific Plate. Along the border with the Philippine Sea Plate is a convergent boundary that transitions into a rift.
References
- Bird, P. (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4(3), 1027, doi:10.1029/2001GC000252.
- Bracey, D.R. (1983) Geophysics and tectonic development of the Caroline Basin, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office TR283.
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