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    The document discusses the geology of the Philippines and Southeast Asia. It notes that Southeast Asia was formed from the collision and accretion of various continental fragments and island arcs during the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods. It shows maps of the tectonic plates and oceanic trenches in the region, including the Philippine Sea Plate and the Philippine and Java trenches. The geology of the area was shaped by subduction-related volcanism and magmatism over multiple episodes in the Tertiary and Quaternary periods along deep-seated regional structures formed by tectonic convergence.

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    Tectonic features of Southeast Asia, with special reference to the Philippines

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    Southeast Asia tectonics

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    The document discusses the geology of the Philippines and Southeast Asia. It notes that Southeast Asia was formed from the collision and accretion of various continental fragments and island arcs during the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods. It shows maps of the tectonic plates and oceanic trenches in the region, including the Philippine Sea Plate and the Philippine and Java trenches. The geology of the area was shaped by subduction-related volcanism and magmatism over multiple episodes in the Tertiary and Quaternary periods along deep-seated regional structures formed by tectonic convergence.

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    The document discusses the geology of the Philippines and Southeast Asia. It notes that Southeast Asia was formed from the collision and accretion of various continental fragments and island arcs during the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods. It shows maps of the tectonic plates and oceanic trenches in the region, including the Philippine Sea Plate and the Philippine and Java trenches. The geology of the area was shaped by subduction-related volcanism and magmatism over multiple episodes in the Tertiary and Quaternary periods along deep-seated regional structures formed by tectonic convergence.

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    GEOLOGY OF THE

    PHILIPPINES & SOUTHEAST ASIA

    Note : All information stated in this


    presentation are for instructional purposes
    only, and should not be used for other H.B. Ruelo
    purposes.
    2nd Sem SY 2014-2015 1
    Southeast Asia

    Europe
    Asia North
    America
    Asia

    Africa

    Pacific Plate
    South
    America

    Australia

    2
    Oceanic Trenches and Basins in SW Pacific

    Eurasian
    Plate
    Manila
    trench Philippine
    Sea Plate
    Philippine Pacific Plate
    Trench

    Moluccas
    Caroline Plate
    Trench
    Ne
    wG
    uin
    ea
    tre
    Su nch
    nd
    a
    Tr
    en
    ch

    JavaTrench

    Indian Plate Australian Plate


    50°E 70°E 90°E 110°E 130°E

    Asia
    20°N
    Philippines

    0°

    India

    SEA during pre-Cretaceous times


    • 20°SNo land existed prior to Cretaceous times
    • a collage of dismembered continental and island-arc tectonic units,
    juxtaposed in early Tertiary
    • mostly subduction-related, oppositely dipping
    • 40°Smulti-episodic Tertiary & Quaternary magmatism
    and volcanism Australia
    • deep-seated regional structures due to tectonic convergence
    HB Ruelo 5
    HB Ruelo 6
    THANK YOU

    HB Ruelo 7

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