Philippine Fault System

The Philippine Fault System is a major inter-related system of geological faults throughout the whole of the Philippine Archipelago,[1] primarily caused by tectonic forces compressing the Philippines into what geophysicists call the Philippine Mobile Belt.[2] Some notable Philippine faults include the Guinayangan, Masbate and Leyte faults.

  1. ^ Pinet, N.; Stephan, J.F. (1990). "The Ilocos foothills and western Central Cordillera: a key region for the understanding of the geodynamic evolution of the eastern Eurasian margin in Luzon area (Philippines)". In Aubouin, J.; Bourgois, J. (eds.). Tectonics of Circum-Pacific Continental Margins. p. 170. ISBN 90-6764-132-4.
  2. ^ Rangin, C.; Pubellier, M. (1990). "Subduction and accretion of Philippine Sea plate fragments along the Eurasian margin". In Aubouin, J.; Bourgois, J. (eds.). Tectonics of Circum-Pacific Continental Margins. p. 140. ISBN 90-6764-132-4.