Mediterranean Ridge region
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The Mediterranean Ridge region is a vast underwater mountain and trench system in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, notable for containing the sea’s deepest point and marking the complex boundary between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mediterranean plate boundary zone | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
submarine mountain range
ⓘ
tectonic plate boundary region ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
seismic activity
ⓘ
slow plate convergence ⓘ |
| contains |
Calypso Deep
ⓘ
deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| countryOffshoreFrom |
Cyprus
ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ Greece ⓘ Libya ⓘ Turkey ⓘ |
| dominantProcess |
crustal shortening
ⓘ
sediment accretion ⓘ thrust faulting ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | south of Crete ⓘ |
| extendsTo |
towards the Hellenic Arc
ⓘ
towards the Levant Basin ⓘ |
| formedBy | subduction of African Plate beneath Eurasian Plate ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
accretionary wedge
ⓘ
deep-sea trenches ⓘ fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ underwater mountain chain ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
imbricated thrust sheets
ⓘ
ridge-and-trough topography ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Mediterranean
ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Mediterranean Sea
|
| maximumDepth |
about 5.2 km below sea level
ⓘ
about 5267 m ⓘ |
| oceanographicSetting | oligotrophic deep-sea environment ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hellenic subduction system
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| plateConvergenceRate | on the order of a few millimeters per year ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hellenic Arc
ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
accretionary prism evolution
ⓘ
deep-sea ecosystems ⓘ subduction dynamics ⓘ |
| sedimentSource |
African continental margin
ⓘ
Nile ⓘ
surface form:
Nile River system
|
| separates |
African Plate
ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
marine geologists
ⓘ
oceanographers ⓘ seismologists ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
convergent plate boundary
ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mediterranean plate boundary zone