East Philippine Basin
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The East Philippine Basin is a large oceanic basin in the western Pacific Ocean, lying east of the main Philippine Basin and characterized by deep-sea plains and complex tectonic features.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Philippine Basin canonical | 3 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marine geographic region
ⓘ
oceanic basin ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Caroline Plate region
ⓘ
Pacific Plate region ⓘ Philippine Basin ⓘ West Philippine Basin ⓘ |
| crustType | oceanic crust ⓘ |
| formedBy | oceanic crustal spreading ⓘ |
| hasAverageDepth | greater than 5000 m ⓘ |
| hasBathymetricCharacter | irregular seafloor topography ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalFeature |
abyssal plain
ⓘ
deep-sea plain ⓘ fracture zone ⓘ seamount ⓘ submarine ridge ⓘ transform fault ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | broad abyssal basin with ridges and seamounts ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
geophysics
ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ plate tectonics ⓘ |
| hasScientificImportance |
constrains models of western Pacific plate motions
ⓘ
records history of Philippine Sea Plate evolution ⓘ |
| hasSeafloorAge | Mesozoic to early Cenozoic ⓘ |
| hasSedimentCover |
hemipelagic sediments
ⓘ
pelagic sediments ⓘ |
| hasTectonicSetting | complex plate boundary region ⓘ |
| influences | regional ocean circulation patterns in the Philippine Sea ⓘ |
| isOlderThan |
Philippine subduction system
ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine Sea Plate back-arc basins
|
| isRemoteFrom | continental margins ⓘ |
| isSubregionOf |
Northwest Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
western North Pacific Ocean
|
| locatedEastOf | Philippine Basin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf | Philippine Sea ⓘ |
| studiedUsing |
bathymetric mapping
ⓘ
magnetic anomaly data ⓘ marine seismic surveys ⓘ |
| tectonicallyAssociatedWith |
Caroline Plate
ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.