Timor Trough

E203809

oceanic trench subduction zone tectonic boundary

Timor Trough is a deep oceanic trench south of the island of Timor that marks a major tectonic boundary between the Australian and Eurasian plates.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Timor Trough canonical	7
Timor collision zone	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oceanic trench ⓘ subduction zone ⓘ tectonic boundary ⓘ
alternativeName	Timor Trench ⓘ
associatedWith	Banda Arc ⓘ Timor Trough self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Timor collision zone hydrocarbon provinces of the Timor Sea ⓘ
countryOffshoreFrom	Australia ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Timor-Leste ⓘ
extendsFrom	Savu Sea ⓘ
extendsTo	Arafura Sea ⓘ surface form: Arafura Sea region
formedBy	subduction of Australian Plate beneath Banda Arc ⓘ
geologicalAge	Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalProcess	plate convergence ⓘ sediment accretion ⓘ
hasRole	major bathymetric feature of the Timor Sea ⓘ
hasSedimentaryFill	thick marine sediments ⓘ
hasTectonicActivity	crustal deformation ⓘ earthquakes ⓘ
influences	Timor Sea bathymetry ⓘ regional seismic hazard ⓘ
isBoundaryBetween	Australian continental margin and Banda forearc ⓘ
isImportantFor	understanding Australia–Southeast Asia collision ⓘ
isPartOf	outer Banda Arc system ⓘ
isStudiedIn	marine geology ⓘ plate tectonics ⓘ seismology ⓘ
locatedIn	Banda Sea ⓘ surface form: Banda Sea region Indian Ocean ⓘ
locatedSouthOf	Timor ⓘ
marginType	active continental margin ⓘ
maximumDepthApprox	3300 m ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Bonaparte Basin ⓘ Sahul Shelf ⓘ Scott Plateau ⓘ Timor ⓘ surface form: Timor Island
orientation	east–west ⓘ
partOf	Australia–Eurasia plate boundary ⓘ Sunda subduction system ⓘ surface form: Indo-Australian Plate subduction system
region	Southeast Asia ⓘ northern Australian margin ⓘ
separates	Australian Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent plate margin ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Timor Sea → hasPart → Timor Trough ⓘ

Bonaparte Basin → adjacentTo → Timor Trough ⓘ

Timor Trough → associatedWith → Timor Trough self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Timor collision zone

Banda Basin → adjacentTo → Timor Trough ⓘ

Seram Trough → relatedStructure → Timor Trough ⓘ

Banda Arc → contains → Timor Trough ⓘ

Banda Sea Plate → associatedWith → Timor Trough ⓘ

Maritime boundary between Australia and Indonesia → relatedTo → Timor Trough ⓘ