Izu-Ogasawara Trench

Izu-Ogasawara Trench

The Nihongo|Izu-Ogasawara Trench|伊豆・小笠原海溝|Izu-Ogasawara Kaikō, also known as Izu-Bonin Trench is an oceanic trench in the western Pacific Ocean. It stretches from Japan to the northernmost section of Marianas Trench [ [http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2000/1999JC900324.shtml Deep current structure above the Izu-Ogasawara Trench] ] . The Izu-Ogasawara Trench is an extension of the Japan Trench. Here, the Pacific Plate is being subducted beneath the Philippine Plate, creating the Izu and Bonin island (volcanic) arcs [ [http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/pdf/2006e/5808e033.pdf Crustal structure of the ocean-island arc transition at the mid Izu-Ogasawara (Bonin) arc margin] ] . It is 9,780 m at its deepest.

References

ee also

* Oceanic trench
* Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc


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