| Solomon Sea Plate | |
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 Approximate surface projections of active tectonic plates. Key: Solomon Sea Plate , South Bismarck Plate, Trobriand Plate, Woodlark 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 | Minor |
| Approximate area | 250,000 km2[1] |
| Movement1 | north |
| Speed1 | 86mm/year |
| Features | Pacific Ocean |
| 1Relative to the African Plate | |
The Solomon Sea Plate (also known as the Solomon Plate[2]) is a minor tectonic plate to the northwest of the Solomon Islands archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean. It roughly corresponds with the Solomon Sea east of Papua New Guinea. The plate boundaries are associated with high earthquake activity as part of the New Britain subduction zone.
- ^ "What You Should Know About Plate Tectonics".
- ^ Hédervári, P.; Papp, Z. (1977). "Seismicity maps of the New Guinea-Solomon Islands region". Tectonophysics. 42 (2–4): 261–281. doi:10.1016/0040-1951(77)90170-6. ISSN 0040-1951.