Abstract
The Central Basin Fault, an extinct mid-oceanic ridge, was probably connected by a long transform fault with the major ridge system (Kula-Pacific Ridge) which submerged under the Japanese and Kurile Arcs in late Cretaceous. When the direction of the motion of the Pacific plate changed from NNW to WNW during Eocene time, the Philippine ridge became extinct and WNW dipping subduction started at the transform fault which turned into an island arc. Then extensional openings of inter-arc basins followed to form basins to the east. The Kuyshu-Palau Ridge is probably the remnant of the old transform fault.
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UYEDA, S., BEN-AVRAHAM, Z. Origin and Development of the Philippine Sea. Nature Physical Science 240, 176–178 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci240176a0
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