Seram Trough

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The Seram Trough is a deep oceanic trench and tectonic boundary located north of Seram Island in eastern Indonesia, marking a complex subduction zone at the edge of the Banda Sea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Seram Trough canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic trench ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
tectonic boundary ⓘ
associatedWith Banda Sea subduction system ⓘ
earthquakes ⓘ
seismic activity ⓘ
associatedWithProcess arc–continent collision ⓘ
oceanic lithosphere subduction ⓘ
countryBorderingSea Indonesia ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalProvince Banda Arc–Australian collision zone ⓘ
influences regional seismic hazard in eastern Indonesia ⓘ
isAdjacentTo Buru Island ⓘ
Seram Island ⓘ
linked to: Seram

northern Banda Sea ⓘ
isFeatureOf Banda Sea ⓘ
isPartOf Indonesia–Australia plate boundary zone ⓘ
isStudiedIn marine geophysics ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
liesInOcean Pacific–Indo-Australian region ⓘ
locatedIn Banda Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Banda Sea
locatedInCountry Indonesia ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern Indonesia ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Seram Island ⓘ
linked to: Seram
marginType active continental margin ⓘ
maximumDepth over 5000 m ⓘ
nearbyIsland Buru ⓘ
Seram ⓘ
nearbyLandmass New Guinea ⓘ
nearbySea Ceram Sea ⓘ
orientation roughly east–west ⓘ
partOf Banda Arc system ⓘ
linked to: Banda Arc

Sunda–Banda subduction complex ⓘ
relatedStructure Banda Trench ⓘ
Tanimbar Trough ⓘ
Timor Trough ⓘ
sedimentSource New Guinea region ⓘ
linked to: New Guinea

Seram Island ⓘ
linked to: Seram
separates Australian plate margin ⓘ
Banda Sea plate ⓘ
linked to: Banda Sea Plate
tectonicComplexity high ⓘ
tectonicRole accommodates convergence between Australia and Banda Sea region ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Banda Sea → hasFeature → Seram Trough ⓘ
Banda Basin → adjacentTo → Seram Trough ⓘ
Banda Arc → contains → Seram Trough ⓘ
Banda Sea Plate → associatedWith → Seram Trough ⓘ
Seram Sea → near → Seram Trough ⓘ
Banda Trench → adjacentTo → Seram Trough ⓘ
Tanimbar Trough → relatedFeature → Seram Trough ⓘ
northern Banda Sea → hasPart → Seram Trough ⓘ
Banda region → hasFeature → Seram Trough ⓘ
Banda region → hasOceanicTrench → Seram Trough ⓘ