Marianas
Marianas Trench The oceanic
trench which marks the
destructive margin between the
Pacific Plates and
Philippine Plates. The trench is about 11 km deep, and there is evidence of little or no
accretionary wedge. The
subduction zone steepens at depth, becoming almost vertical, with
hypocentres down to approximately 700 km.
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Rep. Sablan Introduces Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Visitor Facility Authorization Act
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...D-Saipan, has introduced the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Visitor...to fulfill the purposes of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument...text of the legislation follows: Marianas Trench Marine National Monument...
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Marianas, Philippine trenches have huge natural gas deposit.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 10/31/2003; 599 words
; ...engines, can be found in the Marianas and Philippine trenches, according to research by a...International Corp., said the Marianas and the Philippines have a deuterium...at its deepest point in the Marianas. This deposit, they added...
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MARIANAS TRENCH MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 1/6/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Occasion of the Designation of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Pacific...s mantle, creating the Mariana Trench. Six of the archipelago's islands...hereby set apart and reserved as the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument...
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Proclamation 8335--establishment of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument.(Week Ending Friday, January 9, 2009)(Speech)
Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 1/12/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...mantle, creating the Mariana Trench. Six of the archipelago...hydrothermically active. The Mariana Trench is approximately 940 nautical...set apart and reserved as the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument...the accompanying map entitled Marianas Trench Marine National Monument...
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Proclamation 8335-Establishment of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
Magazine article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 1/12/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...mantle, creating the Mariana Trench. Six of the archipelago...hydrothermically active. The Mariana Trench is approximately 940 nautical...set apart and reserved as the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument...accompanying map entitled "Marianas Trench Marine National Monument...
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PRESIDENT BUSH PROCLAIMS ESTABLISHMENT OF MARIANAS TRENCH MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/6/2009; 700+ words
; ...mantle, creating the Mariana Trench. Six of the archipelago...hydrothermically active. The Mariana Trench is approximately 940 nautical...set apart and reserved as the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument...accompanying map entitled "Marianas Trench Marine National Monument...
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Squeezed to the extreme.(piezophiles in the Marianas Trench)
Magazine article from: Odyssey; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...of the deepest known spots on the ocean floor, the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean, seven miles (11 km) below...capable of withstanding water pressures as deep as the Marianas Trench and has brought back more than 180 different types...
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Remarks on Signing Proclamations To Establish the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument
Magazine article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 1/12/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...national monuments. The first is-will establish the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument. At the heart of this protected area will be much of the Marianas Trench-the site of the deepest point on Earth-and the...
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Remarks on signing proclamations to establish the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument.(Week Ending Friday, January 9, 2009)(Speech)
Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 1/12/2009; 700+ words
; ...national monuments. The first is--will establish the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument. At the heart of this protected area will be much of the Marianas Trench--the site of the deepest point on Earth--and...
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Statement on the Establishment of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument
Magazine article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 1/12/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Papahanaumokuakea Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) was established. On this occasion of the establishment of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and the Rose Atoll Marine National...
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Marianas trench
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Marianas trench Marianas trough, or Marianas deep , elongated depression on the Pacific Ocean floor, 210 mi (338 km) SW of Guam. It is the deepest (35,798.6 ft/10,911.5 m at the Challenger Deep) known depression on the earth's...
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Marianas Trench
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
Marianas Trench The oceanic trench , about 11 km deep, which marks the destructive margin between the Pacific and Philippine Plates.
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Marianas
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Marianas Trench The oceanic trench which marks the destructive margin between the Pacific Plates and Philippine Plates . The trench is about 11 km deep, and there is evidence of little or no accretionary...
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trench
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...000 metres (19,700 ft). Trenches occur along the active margins...recorded was associated with a trench off Chile. The active margin...Offshore lies a series of trenches. The older the ocean crust, the deeper the trench, because the crust is colder...The deepest of all is the Marianas ...
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deep-sea trench
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
deep-sea trench Narrow, elongate, steep...adjacent deep-sea floor. Trenches are the deepest parts of...the Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench where a depth of 11 022 m has been recorded. Trenches usually mark the position...
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