South Shetland Trough

Coordinates: 61°0′S 59°30′W / 61.000°S 59.500°W / -61.000; -59.500
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South Shetland Trough is located in Atlantic Ocean
South Shetland Trough
South Shetland Trough
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Location of the South Shetland Trough

The South Shetland Trough is an undersea trough located north of the South Shetland Islands.[1][2] It is the remnant of a subduction zone where the defunct Phoenix Plate, now part of the Antarctic Plate, subducted under the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wolfram|Alpha: South Shetland Trough[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ South Shetland Trough. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
  3. ^ Bird, Peter (March 2003). "An updated digital model of plate boundaries". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 4 (3). doi:10.1029/2001gc000252. ISSN 1525-2027.

61°0′S 59°30′W / 61.000°S 59.500°W / -61.000; -59.500

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