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• Oceanic trench — Oceanic crust is formed at an oceanic ridge, while the lithosphere is subducted back into the asthenosphere at trenches. The oceanic trenches are hemispheric scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. They are also the… …   Wikipedia

• Nankai Trough — The Nankai Trough 南海トラフ (Nankai Torafu?) is a submarine trough located south of Japan s island of Honshū, extending approximately 900 km offshore. In plate tectonics, the Nankai Trough marks a subduction zone that is caused by subduction of… …   Wikipedia

• Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …   Universalium

• Superior craton — in the west. The western margin extends from northern Minnesota through eastern Manitoba to northwestern Ontario.The formation of the Superior craton is best explained within the context of 2.72 2.68 Ga accretion of small continental plates and… …   Wikipedia

• Precambrian time — Interval of geologic time from с 3. 8 billion years ago, the age of the oldest known rocks, to 544 million years ago, the beginning of the Cambrian Period. This interval represents more than 80% of the geologic record and thus provides important… …   Universalium

• Nankai Trough gas hydrate site — Nankai Methane Hydrate Site (or Japanese Methane Hydrate R D Program at Nankai, Nankai Trough Methane Hydrate Site) is located in the Nankai Trough, Japan. Contents 1 Site highlights 2 Introduction to the area 3 General physical and geological… …   Wikipedia

• Cold seep — Marine habitats Tube worms are among the dominant species in one of four cold seep community types in the Gulf of Mexico. Littoral zone …   Wikipedia

• Narooma Terrane — The Narooma Accretionary Complex or Narooma Terrane is a geological structural region on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia that is the remains of a subduction zone or an oceanic terrane. It can be found on the surface around Narooma,… …   Wikipedia

• Carpathian Mountains — For other uses, see Carpathian (disambiguation). Carpathians Range Inner Western Carpathians, High Tatras, Poland …   Wikipedia

• Windermere supergroup — The Windermere supergroup is a geological unit formed during the Ordovician to Silurian periods Ma|450, and exposed in the north west of England, including the Pennines and correlates along its strike, in the Isle of Man and Ireland, and down dip …   Wikipedia