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  2. Philippine Mobile Belt - Wikipedia

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    Major physiographic elements of the Philippine Mobile Belt Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park marker describing the geologic history of the Philippines. In the geology of the Philippines, the Philippine Mobile Belt is a complex portion of the tectonic boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Philippine Sea plate, comprising most of the country of the Philippines.

  3. Subduction tectonics of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    This reflects the sequence of accretionary wedge formation along the western side of the Philippine Mobile Belt. The youngest western ophiolitic zone was formed in the Sundaland – Philippine Mobile Belt boundary, while the older eastern ophiolite was formed in the proto-Philippine Plate and is the basal rock of the Philippine Mobile Belt. [31 ...

  4. Philippine fault system - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of tectonic plates - Wikipedia

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    Map of Earth's 16 principal tectonic plates, showing plate boundary types: ... Philippine Mobile Belt, also known as Philippine microplate – Tectonic boundary;

  6. Sulu Trench - Wikipedia

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    The trench formed when the Sunda Plate (part of the Eurasian Plate) subducted below the Philippine Mobile Belt. The convergent boundary terminates at the Negros Trench in the east. [1] [2] The Sulu Trench is not associated with frequent earthquakes, but hosts volcanoes south of the trench, such as Mount Malindang.

  7. Manila Trench - Wikipedia

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    The Manila Trench near western Luzon and Mindoro, the Philippine Trench in the east, and the Philippine Mobile Belt. The Manila Trench is an oceanic trench in the Pacific Ocean, located west of the islands of Luzon and Mindoro in the Philippines.

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  9. Mindoro Suture Zone - Wikipedia

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    The Mindoro Suture Zone is a major geological feature located in the Philippines, separating the Mindoro Block from the North Palawan Block.It is a suture zone, which is a linear belt of rock that marks the boundary between two tectonic plates that have collided.