Philippine Mobile Belt: Geology/Basements PDF

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This document provides a comprehensive overview of the Philippine Mobile Belt, including its geology and basement formations.  It details sedimentary basin thicknesses and various formations, offering insights into the region's tectonic history. 

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The Philippine Mobile Belt: Geology SEDIMENTARY BASIN SEDIMENTARY FILL THICKNESS llocos- Central Luzon Basin 8000 m Cagayan Valley Basin 8,100 m Southern Luzon- Bicol Basin 4,600 m Mindoro Basin lloilo Basin 5,000 m Visayan Sea Basin 4,000 m Samar Basin Agusan- Davao Basin 12,000 m Cot...

The Philippine Mobile Belt: Geology SEDIMENTARY BASIN SEDIMENTARY FILL THICKNESS llocos- Central Luzon Basin 8000 m Cagayan Valley Basin 8,100 m Southern Luzon- Bicol Basin 4,600 m Mindoro Basin lloilo Basin 5,000 m Visayan Sea Basin 4,000 m Samar Basin Agusan- Davao Basin 12,000 m Cotabato Basin 8,000 m Southern Cordillera Range Pugo Formation Central Cordillera Range Lepanto Metavolcanics Northern Cordillera Suyo Schist Cagayan Valley Basin Abuan Formation Central and Eastern Northern Sierra Madre Casiguran Ophiolite Caraballo Range Caraballo Formation Northern Northern Sierra Madre Angat Ophiolite Zambales Range Zambales Ophiolite Southwest Luzon San Juan Formation - Batangas Halcon Metamorphics - NE Mindoro Mansalay Formation - SW Mindoro Marinduque Formation - Marinduque Gumaca Schist - Bondoc Southeast Luzon Basin Baleno Schist - Masbate Island Danao Schist - Ticao Island Makalawang Limestone - Burias and adjacent Islands Southeast Luzon Arc Maliguit Formation - Quezon - Camarines Norte Siruma Schist - Caramoan Peninsula Yop Formation - Catanduanes Rapu-rapu Schist - Rapu-rapu Island Panganiran Peridotite - Bicol Peninsula North Palawan Block Bacuit Formation - Northern Palawan Romblon Metamorphic Complex - Romblon South Palawan Block Beaufort Ultramafic Complex - Southern Palawan Panay Island Buruanga Metamophic Complex - Buruanga Antique Ophiolite - Antique Panpanan Formation - Central Panay-lloilo Basin Sibala Formation - Eastern Panay The Philippin e Mobil e Belt : Ba se m e nts Negros Bosak Formation Cebu Tun lob Schist - Northern/Central Cebu Pandan Formation - Southern Cebu Kanglasog Volcanic Complex - Siquijor Island Bohol Alicio Schist Samar Sama, Ophiolite Leyte Malitbog Ophiolite - Western Leyte/Camotes Island Albuera Diarite - Central Highlands Toclobon Diorite - Eastern Leyte Dinagot Group of Islands Nueva Estrello Schist The Ph ilippin e Mobil e Belt: Ba se m e nts SLiulii' Arch im'e lal'la Sulu Serl':'l'!ln tinite Zomboongo Tanmauan Schist - Zamboonil'la Peninsula r hie Complex - North-Central Zamboonga Dansalan Metamo7!l Mangabel Formation - Sibuguey Peninsula ' Central Mindanao , Torno Schist A!:lusan Davao Basin Adi!11aoan Formation - A.Euson Basin' KabaI:lticon Formation - Davao Basin Tagobo Conglomerote - Davao Gulf-Samal Island Mindanao Pacific Cordillera DinoE at Orahiolite - Northern Pacific Cordillera ,' Ba'l'l'lo Limestone - Central Pacific Cordillera'' Barcelona Formation - So11thern Pacific Cordillera ,', The Philippine Fault Zone Three Segments, 1. Northern Segment: NW Luzon to Lamon Bay Son Manuel- Vigon- Aggoo fault System Pugo Fault Tuba Fault Tebbo- Abra Fault Digdig- Kobugoo Fault 2. Central Segment: Bondoc Peninsula to Leyte 3. Southern Segment: Mindanao to Moluccas The Philippine Fault Zone OTHER ACTIVE FAULTS 1. Marikina Valley Fault Or the Volley Fault System Consists of 2 NE Trending faults, Western and Eastern Volley Fault 2. Macolod Corridor Trend, NNE- SSW Active Volcanoes: Tool, Bonahow, Mokiling, Molepvnyo, and the Moors of Laguna. 3. Lubang- Verde Passage Fault System Left-lateral Movement, NW Trending 4. Mindoro/ Aglubang Fault N~S Trending - right lateral with a significant norma l component .5. Sibuyan Sea Fault A new branch of Philippine Fault by Bischke et al. however Aurelio contradict it saying that it is Transtensionol Regime Located offshore of Mosbote

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