Draft:Palau-Kyushu Ridge

  • Comment: Per this copyvio detector report, most of the text in the 'Formation' section appears verbatim in a number of sources, all of which claim copyright. I don't know what the original source is, but I'll cite one of these in the CV process. DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:00, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Not sure why this is titled 'Palau-Kyushu Ridge', when it then goes on to refer to it as 'KPR' for 'Kyushu-Palau Ridge', which is also how the sources seem to call it? Anyway, I'll leave that for those in the know to worry about. DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:55, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

The Palau-Kyushu Ridge, also known as the Kyushu-Palau Ridge (KPR), is a massive undersea mountain range located in the Philippine Sea, stretching approximately 2,600 kilometers long in a north-south direction.[1] It's named after the two landmasses it flanks: the Japanese island of Kyushu to the north and the Micronesian island nation of Palau to the south.[2]

Formation

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Geological features

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From the view of geomorphologic features, the KPR is a discontinuous seamount chain (chain-shaped seamounts) and subduction beneath the Japanese Island arc at the Nankai Trough which is the natural boundary between the basin and the Japanese Island arc. At the positions of 25°N, 24°N, 23°N and 18°N, obvious discontinuity is shown, which belongs to natural topographic discontinuity.

References

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  1. ^ Ishizuka, Osamu; Taylor, Rex N.; Yuasa, Makoto; Ohara, Yasuhiko (May 2011). "Making and breaking an island arc: A new perspective from the Oligocene Kyushu-Palau arc, Philippine Sea". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 12 (5). Bibcode:2011GGG....12.5005I. doi:10.1029/2010GC003440. ISSN 1525-2027.
  2. ^ "Marine Regions · Kyushu-Palau Ridge (Ridge)". www.marineregions.org. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  3. ^ Nishizawa, Azusa; Kaneda, Kentaro; Oikawa, Mitsuhiro (2016-02-26). "Crust and uppermost mantle structure of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge, remnant arc on the Philippine Sea plate". Earth, Planets and Space. 68 (1): 30. Bibcode:2016EP&S...68...30N. doi:10.1186/s40623-016-0407-3. ISSN 1880-5981.
  4. ^ Niu, Xiongwei; Tan, Pingchuan; Ding, Weiwei; Wang, Wei; Wei, Yao; Wei, Xiaodong; Ruan, Aiguo; Zhang, Jie; Wang, Chunyang; Tang, Yong; Li, Jiabiao (2022-01-01). "Oceanic crustal structure and tectonic origin of the southern Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the Philippine Sea". Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 41 (1): 39–49. Bibcode:2022AcOSn..41a..39N. doi:10.1007/s13131-021-1978-9. ISSN 1869-1099. S2CID 245827067.