Colombian Basin

E78615

geologic region oceanic basin submarine basin

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.

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geologic region → oceanic basin → submarine basin →
boundedBy	Beata Ridge → Caribbean Colombian margin → Central American margin → Panama-Colombia margin →
geologicalProvinceOf	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	Central American continental margin →
liesNorthOf	Colombian continental margin →
liesNorthwestOf	Venezuelan Basin →
liesSouthOf	Jamaica →
liesSouthwestOf	Hispaniola →
locatedIn	Caribbean Sea → southwestern Caribbean Sea →
maximumDepth	greater than 4000 m →
namedAfter	Colombia →
ocean	Atlantic Ocean →
offCoastOf	Central America → Colombia → Costa Rica → Honduras NERFINISHED → Nicaragua NERFINISHED → Panama →
partOf	Caribbean Basin → 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 (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Caribbean Sea →	hasPart
Venezuelan Basin →	separatedFrom