Woodlark Plate
The Woodlark Plate is a small tectonic plate located in the eastern half of the island of New Guinea. The Caroline plate subducts along its northern border while the Maoke Plate converges on the west, the Australian plate converges on the south, and on the east an undefined compressive zone which may be a transform fault marking the boundary with the adjoining Solomon Sea Plate.
References
- Bird, P. (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4(3), 1027, doi:10.1029/2001GC000252.[1]
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Java Trench (Sunda) with Mentawai Trough · Sunda Trough · Timor Trough · Philippines: North Luzon Trough · Manila Trench · Philippine Trench · Cotabato Trench · East Luzon Trench · Sulu Trench · Negros Trench · Palawan Trench · Moluccas: Banda Trench · Ceram Trough · Ternate Trough · Talaud Trough · Sangihe Trough · Salajar Trough · Ayu Trough · West Caroline Trough · Timor: Aur Trough · Tanimbar Trough · New Guinea: Kilinailai Trench · Manus Trench · New Guinea Trench · Manokwari Trough · West Melanesian Trench · Lyra Trough · Mussau Trench · New Britain Trench (Bougainville) · Pocklington Trough
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