Abstract

The Philippine archipelago is regarded as the product of the Late Cenozoic oblique collision of the Philippine Plate with the thinned margin of Eurasia. The Philippine Mobile Belt is presented, mainly composed by the Philippine arc, a Paleogene volcanic arc belonging to the Philippine Sea Plate and crustal fragments belonging to the Eurasian Plate. Kinematic and geological data are presented for this collision history.

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