East Luzon Trough

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The East Luzon Trough is a deep oceanic trench off the eastern coast of Luzon in the Philippines, formed by the subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the Philippine Mobile Belt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
East Luzon Trough canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic trench ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
adjacentTo Luzon landmass ⓘ
Philippine archipelago ⓘ
associatedWith Philippine Fault system ⓘ
Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
earthquakes ⓘ
seismic activity ⓘ
tsunami hazard ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
countryBorder Philippines ⓘ
featureType bathymetric depression ⓘ
formedBySubductionOf Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalProcess oceanic plate subduction ⓘ
hasGeologicalHazard earthquake hazard ⓘ
tsunami generation potential ⓘ
influences seismic hazard in Luzon ⓘ
tectonics of northern Philippines ⓘ
isPartOf Philippine subduction system ⓘ
locatedEastOf Luzon ⓘ
locatedIn Philippine Sea ⓘ
locatedInArcSystem Philippine island arc system ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Luzon ⓘ
eastern Luzon ⓘ
marginType active continental margin ⓘ
namedAfter Luzon ⓘ
near East Philippine Basin ⓘ
Philippine Trench ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
overridingPlate Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
parallelTo eastern coast of Luzon ⓘ
partOf Philippine Trench system ⓘ
linked to: Philippine Trench
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
researchField marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
tectonicPlateOnOneSide Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
tectonicPlateOnOtherSide Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
tectonicRole accommodates convergence between Philippine Sea Plate and Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Philippine Mobile Belt → associatedWith → East Luzon Trough ⓘ
Philippine Basin → subductsAlong → East Luzon Trough ⓘ
Philippine Microplate → associatedWith → East Luzon Trough ⓘ