Nazca Basin

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The Nazca Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the southeastern Pacific Ocean associated with the tectonically active Nazca Plate and the adjacent Peru–Chile Trench.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nazca Basin canonical 1
Rio Grande de Nazca basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic basin
submarine geological feature
adjacentTo Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench

South American continental margin
associatedWith Nazca Plate
Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
boundedBy East Pacific Rise
Galápagos Rise
Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
crustType oceanic crust
featureOf Nazca oceanic plate
linked to: Nazca Plate
floorComposition basaltic oceanic crust
formedBy oceanic plate tectonics
geodynamicSignificance records convergence between Nazca Plate and South American Plate
geologicalProcess subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate
geologicalProvince Nazca Plate domain
linked to: Nazca Plate
liesEastOf East Pacific Rise
liesOffCoastOf Chile
Peru
liesWestOf Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench

South America
locatedIn southeastern Pacific Ocean
maximumDepth over 4000 metres
morphology abyssal plain and deep basin topography
namedAfter Nazca Plate
oceanBasinType deep oceanic basin
oceanFloorFeature true
oceanography influenced by Humboldt Current system
overlainBy marine sediments
partOf Nazca oceanic domain
linked to: Nazca Plate

Pacific Ocean
Southeast Pacific ocean floor
region Southeast Pacific
relatedTo Andean orogeny
researchField marine geology
plate tectonics
seafloorAge Mesozoic–Cenozoic oceanic crust
seafloorSpreading East Pacific Rise
sedimentSource continental margin of South America
sedimentType pelagic sediments
turbidites
subductionRelated true
tectonicallyActive true
tectonicSetting convergent plate margin
subduction zone
underlainBy Nazca Plate

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Nazca Plate underlies Nazca Basin
Palpa hasNearby Rio Grande de Nazca basin
linked to: Nazca Basin