Cocos Ridge
E51834
Cocos Ridge is a prominent submarine volcanic ridge in the eastern Pacific Ocean formed by hotspot-related volcanism on the Cocos Plate.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oceanic plateau
ⓘ
submarine volcanic ridge ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Middle America Trench ⓘ |
| ageRange | Miocene to present volcanism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Central American Volcanic Arc
ⓘ
surface form:
Central American volcanic arc
seamount chains ⓘ |
| boundedBy | Middle America Trench ⓘ |
| countryOffshoreFrom |
Costa Rica
ⓘ
Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ Panama ⓘ |
| crustType | thickened oceanic crust ⓘ |
| elevationRelativeToSeafloor | up to several kilometers above surrounding basins ⓘ |
| extendsTowards | Central America ⓘ |
| formedBy | hotspot volcanism ⓘ |
| formedDuring | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| geologicalHazardImpact | modification of tsunami and earthquake behavior along Central America ⓘ |
| geologicalProcess | intraplate volcanism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
flattened volcanic edifices
ⓘ
sediment-covered volcanic basement ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | broad elevated ridge ⓘ |
| influences |
regional plate buoyancy
ⓘ
seismicity in Central America ⓘ subduction geometry beneath Central America ⓘ uplift of Costa Rican margin ⓘ |
| isExampleOf |
hotspot track on an oceanic plate
ⓘ
subducting aseismic ridge ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Cocos Plate large igneous province ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedOnTectonicPlate | Cocos Plate ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Cocos Plate ⓘ |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| origin | hotspot-related oceanic plateau ⓘ |
| region | offshore Central America ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Galápagos hotspot
ⓘ
Galápagos plume track ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
plate–mantle interaction
ⓘ
ridge subduction processes ⓘ |
| separates |
Cocos Basin
ⓘ
Guatemala Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Panama Basin
|
| studiedBy |
marine geology
ⓘ
marine geophysics ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
| subductsBeneath |
Caribbean Plate
ⓘ
Central American margin ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | subducting oceanic ridge ⓘ |
| trends | northeast–southwest ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.