Indus submarine fan
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The Indus submarine fan is one of the world’s largest deep-sea sedimentary fans, formed by sediments carried from the Indus River into the Arabian Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indus submarine fan canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deep-sea sedimentary fan
ⓘ
submarine fan ⓘ |
| age | primarily Neogene to Quaternary ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Indus River delta
ⓘ
Indus submarine canyon ⓘ |
| composedOf |
clay
ⓘ
sand ⓘ silt ⓘ terrigenous sediments ⓘ |
| depositedOn | oceanic crust of the Arabian Sea ⓘ |
| drains |
sediment from the Hindu Kush
ⓘ
sediment from the Karakoram ⓘ sediment from the western Himalaya ⓘ |
| environment | deep-marine ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | Indus submarine canyon ⓘ |
| fedBy | Indus River ⓘ |
| formedBy |
sediment transported by the Indus River
ⓘ
turbidity currents ⓘ |
| formedDuring | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| growthLinkedTo |
Himalayan orogeny
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian–Eurasian plate collision
erosion of the Himalaya ⓘ uplift of the Himalaya ⓘ |
| hasPart |
channel-levee systems
ⓘ
distal lobes ⓘ levees ⓘ overbank deposits ⓘ submarine channels ⓘ |
| importantFor |
paleoclimate reconstruction
ⓘ
paleoseismic studies ⓘ petroleum geology ⓘ recording Himalayan erosion history ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arabian Sea
ⓘ
northern Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| oneOf | largest sedimentary fans on Earth ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indus River
ⓘ
surface form:
Indus River system
|
| records |
monsoon variability in South Asia
ⓘ
tectonic activity in the Himalayan region ⓘ |
| sedimentSource |
Himalayan foreland basin
ⓘ
Indus River basin ⓘ
surface form:
Indus River catchment
Karakoram ⓘ
surface form:
Karakoram ranges
|
| studiedBy |
marine geologists
ⓘ
oceanographers ⓘ sedimentologists ⓘ |
| terminatesNear |
Arabian Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Owen Ridge region of the Arabian Sea
|
| transportProcess |
gravity-driven flows
ⓘ
submarine mass flows ⓘ turbidite deposition ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.