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Small tectonic plate in western New Guinea
Maoke Plate |
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Maoke Plate's proposed relationships in Bird's 2003 model of tectonic plates.
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Type |
Minor |
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Movement1 | north |
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Speed1 | 70mm/year |
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Features |
New Guinea |
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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
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a
b Bird, P. (2003).
"An updated digital model of plate boundaries". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 4 (3): 1027.
Bibcode:
2003GGG.....4.1027B.
doi:
10.1029/2001GC000252.
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"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.
hdl:
20.500.12210/63872.
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^ Benyshek, E. K.; Taylor, B. (2021).
"Tectonics of the Papua-Woodlark region". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 22 (e2020GC009209).
doi:
10.1029/2020GC009209.