Palawan Trough
E824628
The Palawan Trough is a deep marine basin in the western Philippines associated with the complex tectonic interactions and subsidence along the margin of the Palawan region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palawan Trough canonical | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marine basin
ⓘ
oceanic trough ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eurasian Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palawan margin NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Mobile Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Dangerous Ground region of the South China Sea to the west
ⓘ
Palawan Island to the east ⓘ |
| countryExclusiveEconomicZone | Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedBy | tectonic subsidence ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| hasSedimentaryFill | thick Cenozoic sediments ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Philippine Sea region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ western Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | South China Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOffCoastOf | Palawan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| minimumDepth_m | >4000 ⓘ |
| near |
North Palawan Block
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sulu Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | generally northeast–southwest ⓘ |
| partOf |
South China Sea basin system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Philippine margin ⓘ |
| process |
crustal thinning
ⓘ
flexural bending of the lithosphere ⓘ |
| researchField |
marine geology
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ |
| seafloorType | deep marine basin floor ⓘ |
| significance |
important for understanding South China Sea evolution
ⓘ
records interaction between Eurasian and Philippine Sea plates ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
marginal basin
ⓘ
subduction-related basin ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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