Woodlark Plate
The Woodlark Plate is a small tectonic plate located in the eastern half of the island of New Guinea. It subducts beneath the Caroline plate 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. It also contacts the South Bismarck Plate due northeast.
| Woodlark Plate | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Microplates |
| Movement1 | northwest |
| Speed1 | 58 mm/year |
| Features | New Guinea, Pacific Ocean |
| 1Relative to the African Plate | |
See also
- Woodlark Basin – structural basin in Papua New Guinea
References
- Bird, Peter (2003). "An updated digital model of plate boundaries". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 4 (3). Bibcode:2003GGG.....4.1027B. doi:10.1029/2001GC000252.
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