Murray Ridge

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Murray Ridge is a prominent submarine ridge in the northern Arabian Sea that forms part of the complex tectonic boundary between the Arabian and Indian plates.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Murray Ridge canonical 3
Murray Ridge region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf submarine ridge ⓘ
undersea feature ⓘ
associatedWith Owen Fracture Zone ⓘ
oblique plate convergence ⓘ
transform faulting ⓘ
bathymetricExpression prominent ridge ⓘ
countryOffshoreFrom India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
formsPartOf complex plate boundary zone between Arabian and Indian plates ⓘ
geologicalOrigin tectonic deformation along Arabian–Indian plate boundary ⓘ
hasFeature complex fault structures ⓘ
steep flanks ⓘ
hasResearchInterest evolution of northern Arabian Sea plate boundary ⓘ
seismicity along Arabian–Indian plate boundary ⓘ
influences seafloor morphology of northern Arabian Sea ⓘ
sediment distribution in northern Arabian Sea ⓘ
isTectonicallyActive true ⓘ
locatedIn northern Arabian Sea ⓘ
namedAfter Sir John Murray ⓘ
ocean Indian Ocean ⓘ
orientation roughly north–south ⓘ
partOf Arabian Sea seafloor ⓘ
proximateTo Makran margin ⓘ
Owen Ridge ⓘ
separates Indus Fan region ⓘ
Owen Basin ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline geophysics ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
tectonicRole accommodates differential motion between Arabian and Indian plates ⓘ
tectonicSetting boundary between the Arabian Plate and the Indian Plate ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Owen Fracture Zone → extendsFrom → Murray Ridge ⓘ
Owen Fracture Zone → associatedWith → Murray Ridge ⓘ
Owen Ridge → partOf → Murray Ridge region ⓘ
linked to: Murray Ridge
Makran subduction zone → boundedBy → Murray Ridge ⓘ