Eurasian Basin

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The Eurasian Basin is the eastern, deeper of the two major basins of the Arctic Ocean, lying between the Eurasian continental margin and the Lomonosov Ridge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic basin
sub-basin of the Arctic Ocean
adjacentTo Barents Sea
Fram Strait region
Kara Sea
Laptev Sea
borderedBy Eurasian continental margin
Lomonosov Ridge
comparedWith Amerasian Basin
contains Nansen-Gakkel Ridge
ultra-slow spreading ridge segments
coveredBy Arctic sea ice
formedBy seafloor spreading
hasAverageDepth greater than 4000 m
hasFeature abyssal plain
deep ocean floor
mid-ocean ridge segments
hasOrientation roughly east–west
hasRoleIn Arctic Ocean circulation
global thermohaline circulation
hasSubBasin Amundsen Basin
Nansen Basin
hasWaterMass Arctic deep water
Atlantic-derived water
influences Arctic climate system
sea ice distribution in the Eurasian Arctic
isDeeperThan Amerasian Basin
isEasternPartOf Arctic Ocean deep basins
isMajorDivisionOf Arctic Ocean floor
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Northern Hemisphere
maximumDepthApprox over 5000 m
namedAfter Eurasia
oceanRegion Eurasian Arctic
partOf Arctic Ocean
separatedBy Lomonosov Ridge
separatedFrom Amerasian Basin
studiedInDiscipline geophysics
marine geology
oceanography
tectonicSetting spreading basin


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