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.
Aliases (1)
Statements (41)
| 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
→
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| hasAverageDepth |
greater than 4000 m
→
|
| hasFeature |
abyssal plain
→
deep ocean floor → mid-ocean ridge segments → |
| hasOrientation |
roughly east–west
→
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| 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
→
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| isMajorDivisionOf |
Arctic Ocean floor
→
|
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
→
Northern Hemisphere → |
| maximumDepthApprox |
over 5000 m
→
|
| namedAfter |
Eurasia
→
|
| oceanRegion |
Eurasian Arctic
→
|
| partOf |
Arctic Ocean
→
|
| separatedBy |
Lomonosov Ridge
→
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| separatedFrom |
Amerasian Basin
→
|
| studiedInDiscipline |
geophysics
→
marine geology → oceanography → |
| tectonicSetting |
spreading basin
→
|
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Alpha–Mendeleev Ridge complex
→
Lomonosov Ridge → |
separates |
|
Amerasian Basin
→
|
borders |
|
Gakkel Ridge
→
|
formsPartOfBoundaryOf |
|
Amerasian Basin
("Makarov Basin")
→
|
hasPart |
|
Nansen Basin
→
|
locatedIn |
|
Molloy Deep
→
|
oceanBasin |
|
Amerasian Basin
→
|
separatedFrom |