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Luzon Volcanic Arc

Index Luzon Volcanic Arc

The Luzon Volcanic Arc is a chain of volcanoes in a north–south line across the Luzon Strait from Taiwan to Luzon. [1]

23 relations: Babuyan Islands, Batan Island, Calc-alkaline magma series, Camiguin, Continental crust, Didicas Volcano, Diogo Island, Green Island, Taiwan, Itbayat, Batanes, Luzon, Luzon Strait, Manila Trench, Mavulis, Mindoro, Miocene, Orchid Island, Sabtang, Batanes, Siayan Island, Subduction, Taiwan, Terrigenous sediment, Unnamed volcano (Ibugos), Volcanic arc.

Babuyan Islands

The Babuyan Islands, also known as the Babuyan Group of Islands, is an archipelago in the Philippines, located in the Luzon Strait north of the main island of Luzon.

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Batan Island

Batan Island is the main island of Batanes, an archipelagic province in the Philippines.

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Calc-alkaline magma series

The calc-alkaline magma series is one of two main subdivisions of the subalkaline magma series, the other subalkaline magma series being the tholeiitic.

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Camiguin

Camiguin (Lalawigan sa Camiguin) is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about off the northern coast of Mindanao.

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Continental crust

Continental crust is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves.

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Didicas Volcano

Didicas Volcano is an active volcanic island in the province of Cagayan in northern Philippines.

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Diogo Island

Diogo Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the province of Batanes, the northernmost province in the Philippines.

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Green Island, Taiwan

Green Island is a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean about off the eastern coast of Taiwan.

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Itbayat, Batanes

, officially the (Bayan ng Itbayat; Ili ti Itbayat), is a settlement_text in the province of in the Region 2 of the Philippines.

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Luzon

Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.

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Luzon Strait

The Luzon Strait (Filipino: Kipot ng Luzon) is the strait between Taiwan and Luzon island of the Philippines.

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Manila Trench

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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Mavulis

Mavulis Island is the northernmost of the Batanes Islands and the northernmost island in the Philippines.

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Mindoro

Mindoro is the seventh largest island in the Philippines by land area with a total of 10,571 km2 (4,082 sq.mi) and with a total population of 1,331,473 as of 2015.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Orchid Island

Orchid Island (Ponso no Tao) is a 45 km² high island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan Island and separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait.

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Sabtang, Batanes

, officially the (Bayan ng Sabtang; Ili ti Sabtang), is a settlement_text in the province of in the of the Philippines.

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Siayan Island

Siayan is one of the Batanes Islands.

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Subduction

Subduction is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Terrigenous sediment

In oceanography, terrigenous sediments are those derived from the erosion of rocks on land; that is, they are derived from terrestrial (as opposed to marine) environments.

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Unnamed volcano (Ibugos)

Unnamed volcano (Ibugos), is a submarine volcano near the island Ibugos in the Philippines.

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Volcanic arc

A volcanic arc is a chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape as seen from above.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzon_Volcanic_Arc

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