Carnegie Ridge
E885773
Carnegie Ridge is a prominent submarine volcanic plateau in the eastern Pacific Ocean formed by the movement of the Nazca Plate over the Galápagos hotspot.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | submarine volcanic plateau ⓘ |
| affects | trenchMorphologyOffEcuador ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Galápagos hotspot track NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bathymetricExpression | broad elevated ridge on ocean floor ⓘ |
| countryOffshoreFrom |
Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crustalComposition | oceanic basaltic crust ⓘ |
| crustType | thickened oceanic crust ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | Galápagos region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extendsToward | South American continental margin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedBy |
Galápagos hotspot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
volcanic construction above a mantle plume ⓘ |
| formedDuring | Neogene ⓘ |
| geologicalOrigin | hotspot volcanism ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | ~1300 km ⓘ |
| hasApproximateWidth | ~300 km ⓘ |
| hasFeatureType | submarine ridge ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterestIn |
Andean orogeny dynamics
ⓘ
plate–mantle interaction ⓘ subduction zone segmentation ⓘ |
| influences |
AndeanMarginTopographyNearEcuador
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
seismicCouplingAlongEcuadorSubductionZone ⓘ subductionGeometryAtEcuadorTrench ⓘ |
| isHotspotTrackOf | Galápagos hotspot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInvestigatedUsing | seismic reflection profiling ⓘ |
| isMappedUsing | multibeam bathymetry ⓘ |
| isParallelTo | Cocos Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Nazca–Cocos–Galápagos hotspot track system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isStudiedBy |
geophysicists
ⓘ
marine geologists ⓘ |
| liesSoutheastOf | Galápagos Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liesWestOf | Ecuador coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnTectonicPlate | Nazca Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumReliefAboveAbyssalPlain | more than 2 km ⓘ |
| movementDirectionOfUnderlyingPlate | eastward relative to hotspot ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Andrew Carnegie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | roughly east–west ⓘ |
| partOf | Nazca Plate bathymetric features ⓘ |
| seafloorAgeTrend | youngerTowardGalápagosHotspot ⓘ |
| subductsBeneath |
Ecuador margin
ⓘ
South American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Nazca Plate – South American Plate convergent margin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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