Philippine Basin

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geologic region oceanic basin

The Philippine Basin is a large, deep oceanic basin in the western Pacific Ocean, lying east of the Philippines and forming part of the complex tectonic setting of the Philippine Sea region.

Aliases (1)

West Philippine Basin ×2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geologic region → oceanic basin →
adjacentTo	Caroline Plate → East Philippine Basin → Pacific Plate → Philippine Trench → West Philippine Basin →
averageDepth	greater than 5000 m →
boundedBy	Caroline Ridge → Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system → Kyushu–Palau Ridge → Philippine Trench →
contains	abyssal plains → fracture zones → seamounts →
countryOffshoreFrom	Japan → Palau NERFINISHED → Philippines →
crustType	oceanic crust →
formedBy	seafloor spreading →
geologicalOrigin	back-arc basin →
hasFeature	deep-sea sediments → gravity anomalies → magnetic lineations →
locatedEastOf	Philippines →
locatedIn	western Pacific Ocean →
locatedNorthOf	Equator →
locatedOn	Philippine Sea Plate →
locatedWestOf	West Philippine Basin →
maximumDepth	over 6000 m →
ocean	Pacific Ocean →
partOf	Philippine Sea → western Pacific marginal basins →
region	Philippine Sea region →
researchInterest	back-arc basin evolution → plate tectonics → subduction processes →
seafloorAge	Mesozoic to Cenozoic → mostly Cretaceous to Paleogene →
studiedBy	geophysicists → marine geologists →
subductsAlong	East Luzon Trough → Philippine Trench →
subductsBeneath	Philippine Mobile Belt →
tectonicSetting	complex plate boundary zone → convergent margin region →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Philippine Sea → Philippine Sea ("West Philippine Basin") →	hasOceanBasin
Philippine Sea Plate ("West Philippine Basin") →	hasFeature