hadal zonetrenchesdeep‐seasubduction zonesextreme environmenthydrostatic pressureThe majority of the Earth is covered by ocean which itself averages greater than 3500 m deep. It is comprised mainly of the vast deep ocean plains, which span a depth range of 2000鈥 6000 m. The maximum depth of ...
Ocean trench Ocean trenches are deep depressions on the ocean floor formed through the movement of tectonic plates. They are found in subduction zones. These trenches are part of the ocean's hadal zone, which takes its name from Hades, the Greek god of the underworld. The Mariana Trench, ...
Ocean trenches are formed when: Old and heavy tectonic plates collide with new plates The heavy plates are pushed below the new and light plates, and this push causes the indent to occur, a process called subduction and can create a subduction zone. This is a type of convergent plate ...
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Carbon cycling at mid-ocean ridges and subduction zones has been studied for decades. In contrast, scientists have paid relatively scant attention to CO2in oceanic transform faults. The transform faults were considered “somewhat boring” places for quite some time because of the low magmatic activit...
trench systems, which may accelerate carbon export into the subduction zones. Similar content being viewed by others Introduction Hadal trenches form due to downward bending of subducting ocean crust along subduction zones and represent the least-known ultra-deep oceanic environment1. Earthquakes, the ...
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Insights on deep, accretionary subduction processes from the Sistan ophiolitic “mélange” (Eastern Iran) Abstract The Sistan ophiolitic belt, formed by the closure of the N–S trending Sistan Ocean during late Cretaceous times, comprises several branches and b... . Angiboust,P Agard,JCMD Hoog,...
The impact of subduction-zone metamorphism on mantle-ocean chemical cycling Subduction zones represent avenues of recycling of crustal, atmospheric and oceanic (including organic) components to the mantle; metamorphism in the forea... GE Bebout - 《Chemical Geology》 被引量: 322发表: 1995年 U, ...
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