Sicily Channel Ridge
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The Sicily Channel Ridge is an underwater geological feature in the central Mediterranean Sea, forming a complex system of submarine highs and basins between Sicily and North Africa.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pantelleria Trough | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
submarine ridge
ⓘ
underwater geological feature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Neogene–Quaternary volcanism
ⓘ
extensional tectonics ⓘ strike-slip faulting ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Libyan continental margin
ⓘ
Sicily continental margin NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunisian continental margin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controls | sedimentary basin development in Sicily Channel ⓘ |
| countryOffshoreFrom |
Italy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| forms | complex system of submarine highs and basins ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | mainly Cenozoic ⓘ |
| geologicalNature |
intraplate volcanic province
ⓘ
rifted margin structure ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | alternating structural highs and sedimentary basins ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Adventure Bank
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Horseshoe Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ Linosa Island volcanic edifice ⓘ Linosa Trough NERFINISHED ⓘ Malta Graben NERFINISHED ⓘ Malta Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Nameless Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ Pantelleria Island volcanic edifice ⓘ Pantelleria Rift system NERFINISHED ⓘ Terrible Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResourcePotential | hydrocarbon exploration interest ⓘ |
| influences | oceanographic circulation in central Mediterranean ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sicily Channel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnEarthHemisphere |
Eastern Hemisphere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumWaterDepth | greater than 1000 m in adjacent basins ⓘ |
| minimumWaterDepth | less than 200 m on some banks ⓘ |
| near |
island of Lampedusa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
island of Linosa NERFINISHED ⓘ island of Pantelleria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | African Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates |
North Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
geophysics
ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Africa–Eurasia plate boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trend | roughly east–west ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pantelleria Trough