Colombian Basin
E78615
The Colombian Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, lying off the coasts of Colombia and Central America and forming one of the region’s major deep-water areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colombian Basin canonical | 4 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic region
ⓘ
oceanic basin ⓘ submarine basin ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Beata Ridge
ⓘ
Caribbean Colombian margin ⓘ Central American margin ⓘ Isthmus of Panama ⓘ
surface form:
Panama-Colombia margin
|
| geologicalProvinceOf |
Caribbean
ⓘ
surface form:
Caribbean region
|
| hasBathymetry | abyssal plain ⓘ |
| hasOceanCrust | yes ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
hydrocarbon systems of Colombian and Central American margins
ⓘ
plate tectonics of Caribbean region ⓘ sedimentation processes in deep Caribbean ⓘ |
| hasSedimentaryCover |
thick pelagic sediments
ⓘ
turbidites ⓘ |
| hydrocarbonPotential | present in surrounding margins ⓘ |
| isMajorDeepWaterAreaOf | southwestern Caribbean region ⓘ |
| liesEastOf |
Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary
ⓘ
surface form:
Central American continental margin
|
| liesNorthOf | Colombian continental margin ⓘ |
| liesNorthwestOf | Venezuelan Basin ⓘ |
| liesSouthOf | Jamaica ⓘ |
| liesSouthwestOf | Hispaniola ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
Western Caribbean ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern Caribbean Sea
|
| maximumDepth | greater than 4000 m ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Colombia ⓘ |
| ocean | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| offCoastOf |
Central America
ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ Costa Rica ⓘ Honduras ⓘ Nicaragua ⓘ Panama ⓘ |
| partOf |
Caribbean
ⓘ
surface form:
Caribbean Basin
Western Caribbean ⓘ
surface form:
Western Caribbean Sea
|
| seafloorAge |
Cretaceous
ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ |
| separatedBy | Beata Ridge ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Venezuelan Basin ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | intraplate oceanic basin ⓘ |
| underlainBy | Caribbean Plate ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | deep-water area ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.