The Manus Plate is a 100-km mircoplate located northeast of New Guinea. The Manus Plate was formed in between the North Bismark Plate and the South Bismark Plate. The Manus Plate currently rotates counter-clockwise in the Melanesia area [1].
The Manus Plate formed during the Brunhes chron, making its maximum age 780,000 years old [2]. The Manus Plate formed in-between and on top of the transform boundaries that were separating the North and South Bismark plates [2]. The plate was formed of young mid-ocean ridge basalt, along with pieces of older oceanic floor that had broken off of the South Bismarck plate [2].
The north and northeast boundaries of the Manus Plate, with the North Bismark and Pacific plates are both convergent boundaries [3]. The plates southeast borders of the South Bismark plate is a divergent boundary [3]. The southwest boundary bordering the South Bismark plate is a transform boundary. The Manus plate currently has a rate of rotation of 51°/ Ma at the spot, -3.04°N, 150.46°E, in the counter-clockwise direction, due to left lateral motion [2]. This is likely the fastest plate rotation, on Earth at this time [4].
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The Manus Plate is a 100-km mircoplate located northeast of New Guinea. The Manus Plate was formed in between the North Bismark Plate and the South Bismark Plate. The Manus Plate currently rotates counter-clockwise in the Melanesia area [1].
The Manus Plate formed during the Brunhes chron, making its maximum age 780,000 years old [2]. The Manus Plate formed in-between and on top of the transform boundaries that were separating the North and South Bismark plates [2]. The plate was formed of young mid-ocean ridge basalt, along with pieces of older oceanic floor that had broken off of the South Bismarck plate [2].
The north and northeast boundaries of the Manus Plate, with the North Bismark and Pacific plates are both convergent boundaries [3]. The plates southeast borders of the South Bismark plate is a divergent boundary [3]. The southwest boundary bordering the South Bismark plate is a transform boundary. The Manus plate currently has a rate of rotation of 51°/ Ma at the spot, -3.04°N, 150.46°E, in the counter-clockwise direction, due to left lateral motion [2]. This is likely the fastest plate rotation, on Earth at this time [4].
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