New Hebrides Trench
E200325
The New Hebrides Trench is a deep oceanic trench formed by subduction along the convergent plate boundary near the New Hebrides island arc in the southwest Pacific.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Hebrides Trench canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oceanic trench
ⓘ
subduction zone feature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New Hebrides volcanic arc
ⓘ
surface form:
New Hebrides island arc
New Hebrides ⓘ
surface form:
Vanuatu island arc
accretionary prism development ⓘ earthquakes ⓘ sediment subduction ⓘ seismic activity ⓘ volcanism in New Hebrides arc ⓘ |
| formedBy | subduction ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalCondition |
absence of sunlight
ⓘ
high hydrostatic pressure ⓘ low temperature deep-sea environment ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
deep forearc basin
ⓘ
steep trench walls ⓘ |
| hasGeodynamicRole | consumption of oceanic lithosphere ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | narrow, elongated depression ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin |
New Hebrides
ⓘ
surface form:
New Hebrides (former name of Vanuatu)
|
| hasProcess | oceanic plate subduction ⓘ |
| isAdjacentTo | New Hebrides back-arc basin ⓘ |
| isBoundaryBetween |
Australian Plate
ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Plate region
|
| isImportantFor |
hazard assessment in Vanuatu region
ⓘ
understanding convergent margin dynamics ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Southwest Pacific subduction systems ⓘ |
| isTypeOf | deep-sea trench ⓘ |
| liesEastOf | Australia ⓘ |
| liesWestOf | Fiji Basin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
Southwest Pacific Ocean
|
| locatedOffCoastOf |
New Caledonia
ⓘ
surface form:
New Caledonia region
Vanuatu ⓘ |
| maximumDepth |
over 7 km
ⓘ
over 7000 m ⓘ |
| oceanRegion |
Coral Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Coral Sea region
southwestern Pacific basin ⓘ |
| partOf |
New Hebrides volcanic arc
ⓘ
surface form:
New Hebrides island arc system
Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
subduction earthquakes
ⓘ
tsunami generation potential ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
marine geology
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate boundary ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.