Murray Ridge region

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The Murray Ridge region is a deep-sea area in the Arabian Sea characterized by significant seafloor depth and complex underwater topography.


Statements (32)
Predicate Object
instanceOf submarine ridge
underwater topographic feature
countryBorder India
Oman
Pakistan
geologicalAge Cenozoic
hasGeologicalFeature complex underwater topography
deep-sea basin
steep submarine slopes
tectonic ridge
hasResearchInterest deep-sea depositional systems
sediment transport processes
tectonic evolution of the Arabian Sea
locatedIn Arabian Sea
northern Arabian Sea
nearbyFeature Indus submarine fan
Makran continental margin
Owen Ridge
oceanographicCharacteristic high bottom-water stratification
oxygen minimum zone influence
partOf northeastern Arabian Basin
northern Indian Ocean
seafloorDepth bathyal to abyssal depths
greater than 3000 m
sedimentType hemipelagic sediments
turbidites
separates Indus Fan region from central Arabian Basin
tectonicSetting passive continental margin of the Indian plate
transform-related ridge system
usedFor marine geological research
paleoceanographic studies
seismic reflection surveys

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Arabian Sea
hasMaxDepthPoint

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