A double island arc between Taiwan and Luzon: consequence of ridge subduction

Topographic architecture and drainage reorganization in Southeast China: Zircon U-Pb chronology and Hf isotope evidence from Taiwan

“…1). The South China Sea subducted along the Manila Trench beneath Philippine Sea Plate starting from ca.15 Ma, which was accompanied by volcanism in the Luzon Arc (Briais et al, 1993;Yang et al, 1996). Meanwhile, the Eurasian passive continental margin sedimentary sequences were deformed, uplifted and exposed along Western Foothills and Hsuehshan Range on Taiwan Island resulting from the collision of the Luzon volcanic arc with the Eurasian passive continental margin at a relative convergence velocity of 70-80 km/Ma (Seno et al, 1993).…”

4000 Years of Migration and Cultural Exchange : The Archaeology of the Batanes Islands, Northern Philippines

“…The Babuyan and Batanes Islands belong to a double volcanic arc, the two arms of which run 50 km apart in the Babuyan Islands, but converge in the Batanes (Yang et al 1996). The western arc formed before 3 million years ago as a submarine line of subduction volcanoes, since which time its four islands -Itbayat, Sabtang, Ivuhos and Dequey -have been uplifted above the sea, eroded, mantled with reef coral, and then uplifted again during the Pleistocene.…”

Metallogenesis of Porphyry Cu Deposits of the Western Luzon Arc, Philippines: K‐Ar ages, SO3 Contents of Microphenocrystic Apatite and Significance of Intrusive Rocks

“…The Philippine archipelago is situated in the western Pacific rim along the plate converging margin, being subducted both at the Manila Trench in the west and at the Philippine trench in the east (e.g., Yang et al, 1996). A number of porphyry Cu deposits have been formed through the Cenozoic in the island arc setting (Sillitoe and Gappe, 1984;Zanoria et al, 1984;Bureau of Mines and Geosciences, 1986).…”