Solomon Trench

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The Solomon Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, forming part of the complex subduction zone system near the Solomon Islands.

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Solomon Trench canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic trench
adjacentTo Solomon Islands volcanic arc
associatedWith Indo-Australian Plate
Pacific Plate
Solomon Sea Plate
earthquakes
seismic activity
tsunami generation potential
countryOffshoreFrom Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
environment deep-marine environment
featureOf ocean floor topography
formedBy subduction
geologicalAge Cenozoic
geologicalFeatureType deep-sea trench
hasProcess oceanic lithosphere subduction
sediment accretion and deformation
locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Southwestern Pacific Ocean
near Solomon Islands
oceanRegion Melanesia
partOf Solomon Islands arc-trench system
Solomon Islands subduction system
southwest Pacific subduction zone network
relatedTo New Britain Trench
Tonga Trench
Vitiaz Trench
studiedInDiscipline marine geology
plate tectonics
seismology
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary

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

Ontong Java Plateau nearbyFeature Solomon Trench
Vitiaz Trench region associatedWith Solomon Trench
Vitiaz Trench region liesToTheNorthOf Solomon Trench