Murray Ridge

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Murray Ridge is a prominent submarine ridge in the northern Arabian Sea that forms part of the complex tectonic boundary between the Arabian and Indian plates.

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Label Occurrences
Murray Ridge canonical 3
Murray Ridge region 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf submarine ridge
undersea feature
associatedWith Owen Fracture Zone
oblique plate convergence
transform faulting
bathymetricExpression prominent ridge
countryOffshoreFrom India
Pakistan
formsPartOf complex plate boundary zone between Arabian and Indian plates
geologicalOrigin tectonic deformation along Arabian–Indian plate boundary
hasFeature complex fault structures
steep flanks
hasResearchInterest evolution of northern Arabian Sea plate boundary
seismicity along Arabian–Indian plate boundary
influences seafloor morphology of northern Arabian Sea
sediment distribution in northern Arabian Sea
isTectonicallyActive true
locatedIn northern Arabian Sea
namedAfter Sir John Murray
ocean Indian Ocean
orientation roughly north–south
partOf Arabian Sea seafloor
proximateTo Makran margin
Owen Ridge
separates Indus Fan region
Owen Basin
studiedInDiscipline geophysics
marine geology
plate tectonics
tectonicRole accommodates differential motion between Arabian and Indian plates
tectonicSetting boundary between the Arabian Plate and the Indian Plate

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

Owen Fracture Zone extendsFrom Murray Ridge
Owen Fracture Zone associatedWith Murray Ridge
Owen Ridge partOf Murray Ridge region
linked to: Murray Ridge
Makran subduction zone boundedBy Murray Ridge