Lord Howe Trough

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Lord Howe Trough is a deep submarine basin in the Tasman Sea, separating the Lord Howe Rise from the Australian mainland and forming part of the complex tectonic structure of the southwest Pacific Ocean floor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic basin
submarine trough
adjacentTo Australian mainland
Lord Howe Rise
age Mesozoic–Cenozoic
boundedBy Australian continental slope to the west
Lord Howe Rise to the east
linked to: Lord Howe Rise
contains thick sedimentary sequences
countryOffshoreFrom Australia
floorType deep-sea basin
formedBy back-arc style extension
continental rifting
geologicalProvince Zealandia region
geologicalSignificance key structure in evolution of Zealandia–Australia margin
records rifting history of Tasman Sea
hasFeature complex faulted morphology
steep basin margins
liesBetween eastern Australia and Lord Howe Rise
locatedIn Tasman Sea
maximumDepth over 3000 m
namedAfter Lord Howe Island region
linked to: Lord Howe Island
ocean Pacific Ocean
orientation north–south
partOf Australian plate margin
Tasman Sea tectonic system
linked to: Tasman Sea Basin

southwest Pacific Ocean floor
region Southwest Pacific
relatedTo Tasman Sea opening
separation of Australia and Zealandia
sedimentSource Australian continental margin
Lord Howe Rise
separates Australian continental margin
Lord Howe Rise
studiedIn marine geophysics
plate tectonics research
tectonicSetting extensional basin

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Lord Howe Rise adjacentTo Lord Howe Trough