Aleutian Trench
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The Aleutian Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the North Pacific where the Pacific Plate subducts beneath the North American Plate, forming part of a major seismically active subduction zone.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone | 1 |
| Aleutian Ridge | 1 |
| Aleutian Trench region | 1 |
| Aleutian subduction zone | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oceanic trench
ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Aleutian Islands ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aleutian Arc
ⓘ
Aleutian Arc ⓘ
surface form:
Aleutian Islands volcanoes
Aleutian Arc ⓘ
surface form:
Aleutian volcanic arc
deep-focus earthquakes ⓘ megathrust earthquakes ⓘ tsunami generation ⓘ |
| bathymetry | steep-sided ⓘ |
| countryBorder |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crustTypeSubducting | oceanic crust ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | 20th century oceanographic surveys ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | Gulf of Alaska ⓘ |
| extendsTo |
Kamchatka Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Kamchatka Peninsula region
|
| featureOf |
Pacific Plate
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Plate margin
|
| formsBoundaryBetween |
North American Plate
ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| formsPartOf |
Aleutian Trench
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Aleutian subduction zone
Kuril–Kamchatka subduction system ⓘ
surface form:
North Pacific subduction system
|
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| geologicalProcess | oceanic plate subduction ⓘ |
| hazardType |
earthquake hazard
ⓘ
tsunami hazard ⓘ |
| length | about 3400 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
North Pacific Ocean
|
| marginType | active continental margin ⓘ |
| maximumDepth |
about 25,000 ft
ⓘ
about 7700 m ⓘ |
| near |
Alaska
ⓘ
Bering Sea ⓘ |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| orientation | southwest–northeast ⓘ |
| overridingPlate | North American Plate ⓘ |
| partOf | Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ |
| plateMotion | Pacific Plate moving northwestward beneath North American Plate ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Japan Trench
ⓘ
Kuril Trench ⓘ
surface form:
Kuril–Kamchatka Trench
|
| sedimentType | marine sediments ⓘ |
| seismicity | high ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
marine geology
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
| subductingPlate | Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| subductionAngle | relatively steep ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate boundary ⓘ |
| volcanism | arc volcanism ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aleutian Trench region
this entity surface form:
Aleutian subduction zone
this entity surface form:
Aleutian Ridge
this entity surface form:
Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone