Molucca Sea plate
| Molucca Sea plate | |
|---|---|
| Type | Minor |
| Movement1 | north |
| Speed1 | 30-40 mm/year |
| Features | Sulawesi, Molucca Sea |
| 1Relative to the African plate | |
Located in the western Pacific Ocean near Indonesia, the Molucca Sea plate has been classified by scientists as a fully subducted microplate that is part of the Molucca Sea Collision Complex. The Molucca Sea plate represents the only known example of divergent double subduction (DDS), which describes the subduction on both sides of a single oceanic plate.