Nazca Basin
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The Nazca Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the southeastern Pacific Ocean associated with the tectonically active Nazca Plate and the adjacent Peru–Chile Trench.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oceanic basin
→
submarine geological feature → |
| adjacentTo |
Atacama Trench
→
surface form: "Peru–Chile Trench"
Pacific coast of South America →
surface form: "South American continental margin"
|
| associatedWith |
Nazca Plate
→
Atacama Trench →
surface form: "Peru–Chile Trench"
|
| boundedBy |
East Pacific Rise
→
Galápagos Rise → Atacama Trench →
surface form: "Peru–Chile Trench"
|
| crustType | oceanic crust → |
| featureOf |
Nazca Plate
→
surface form: "Nazca oceanic plate"
|
| floorComposition | basaltic oceanic crust → |
| formedBy | oceanic plate tectonics → |
| geodynamicSignificance | records convergence between Nazca Plate and South American Plate → |
| geologicalProcess | subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate → |
| geologicalProvince |
Nazca Plate
→
surface form: "Nazca Plate domain"
|
| liesEastOf | East Pacific Rise → |
| liesOffCoastOf |
Chile
→
Peru → |
| liesWestOf |
Atacama Trench
→
surface form: "Peru–Chile Trench"
South America → |
| locatedIn |
Southeastern Pacific Ocean
→
surface form: "southeastern Pacific Ocean"
|
| maximumDepth | over 4000 metres → |
| morphology | abyssal plain and deep basin topography → |
| namedAfter | Nazca Plate → |
| oceanBasinType | deep oceanic basin → |
| oceanFloorFeature | true → |
| oceanography | influenced by Humboldt Current system → |
| overlainBy | marine sediments → |
| partOf |
Nazca Plate
→
surface form: "Nazca oceanic domain"
Pacific Ocean → Southeast Pacific ocean floor → |
| region |
Southeastern Pacific Ocean
→
surface form: "Southeast Pacific"
|
| relatedTo | Andean orogeny → |
| researchField |
marine geology
→
plate tectonics → |
| seafloorAge | Mesozoic–Cenozoic oceanic crust → |
| seafloorSpreading | East Pacific Rise → |
| sedimentSource | continental margin of South America → |
| sedimentType |
pelagic sediments
→
turbidites → |
| subductionRelated | true → |
| tectonicallyActive | true → |
| tectonicSetting |
convergent plate margin
→
subduction zone → |
| underlainBy | Nazca Plate → |