New Hebrides Trench

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The New Hebrides Trench is a deep oceanic trench formed by subduction along the convergent plate boundary near the New Hebrides island arc in the southwest Pacific.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic trench ⓘ
subduction zone feature ⓘ
associatedWith New Hebrides island arc ⓘ
Vanuatu island arc ⓘ
linked to: New Hebrides

accretionary prism development ⓘ
earthquakes ⓘ
sediment subduction ⓘ
seismic activity ⓘ
volcanism in New Hebrides arc ⓘ
formedBy subduction ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalCondition absence of sunlight ⓘ
high hydrostatic pressure ⓘ
low temperature deep-sea environment ⓘ
hasFeature deep forearc basin ⓘ
steep trench walls ⓘ
hasGeodynamicRole consumption of oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
hasMorphology narrow, elongated depression ⓘ
hasNameOrigin New Hebrides (former name of Vanuatu) ⓘ
linked to: New Hebrides
hasProcess oceanic plate subduction ⓘ
isAdjacentTo New Hebrides back-arc basin ⓘ
isBoundaryBetween Australian Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate region ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Plate
isImportantFor hazard assessment in Vanuatu region ⓘ
understanding convergent margin dynamics ⓘ
isPartOf Southwest Pacific subduction systems ⓘ
isTypeOf deep-sea trench ⓘ
liesEastOf Australia ⓘ
liesWestOf Fiji Basin ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf New Caledonia region ⓘ
linked to: New Caledonia

Vanuatu ⓘ
maximumDepth over 7 km ⓘ
over 7000 m ⓘ
oceanRegion Coral Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Coral Sea

southwestern Pacific basin ⓘ
partOf New Hebrides island arc system ⓘ
Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
relatedTo subduction earthquakes ⓘ
tsunami generation potential ⓘ
studiedInField marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

southwest Pacific Ocean → contains → New Hebrides Trench ⓘ
Santa Cruz Islands → hasNearbyTrench → New Hebrides Trench ⓘ
New Hebrides volcanic arc → partOf → New Hebrides Trench system ⓘ
linked to: New Hebrides Trench
New Hebrides volcanic arc → associatedWith → New Hebrides Trench ⓘ
North Fiji Basin → relatedTo → New Hebrides Trench ⓘ
Pacific–Indo-Australian region → hasTrench → New Hebrides Trench ⓘ
Southwest Pacific tectonic system → hasComponent → Vanuatu Trench ⓘ
linked to: New Hebrides Trench
Southwest Pacific tectonic system → hasComponent → New Hebrides Trench ⓘ