Earth:Maoke Plate
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Short description: Small tectonic plate in western New Guinea
| Maoke Plate | |
|---|---|
 Maoke Plate's proposed relationships in Bird's 2003 model of tectonic plates.[1] | |
| Type | Minor |
| Movement1 | north |
| Speed1 | 70mm/year |
| Features | New Guinea |
| 1Relative to the African Plate | |
The Maoke Plate is a small tectonic plate located in western New Guinea underlying the Sudirman Range from which the highest mountain on the island- Puncak Jaya rises. To its east was proposed a convergent boundary with the Woodlark Plate,[1] although this is now best modelled after further studies as a boundary with an enlarged Solomon Sea Plate or a new microplate called the Trobriand Plate.[2][3] To the south lies a transform boundary with the Australian Plate and the Bird's Head Plate lies to the west.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bird, P. (2003). "An updated digital model of plate boundaries". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 4 (3): 1027. doi:10.1029/2001GC000252. Bibcode: 2003GGG.....4.1027B. http://peterbird.name/publications/2003_PB2002/2003_PB2002.htm.
- ↑ Boulart, Cédric; Rouxel, Olivier; Scalabrin, Carla; Le Meur, Pierre; Pelleter, Ewan; Poitrimol, Camille; Thiébaut, Eric; Matabos, Marjolaine et al. (2022). "Active hydrothermal vents in the Woodlark Basin may act as dispersing centres for hydrothermal fauna". Communications Earth and Environment 3 (64). doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00387-9.
- ↑ Benyshek, E. K.; Taylor, B. (2021). "Tectonics of the Papua-Woodlark region". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 22 (e2020GC009209). doi:10.1029/2020GC009209.
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