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Ocean floors
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Maps from the National Geographic Society
 
This section is included through partnership with the National Geographic Society. It includes a series of thematic plates on Ocean Floors accessible through an interactive map server.

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Maps of the HDNO
 
This section is included through partnership with the Russian Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography (HDNO). It includes a series of thematic plates on Ocean Floors accessible through the See more button.   See More...
 
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TitlePuerto Rico Trench  ( MULTIMEDIA FILE )
Author(s) / Editor(s) ten Brink,U.
DescriptionTHE PUERTO RICO TRENCH, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean, is located where the North American tectonic plate is subducting (sinking) under the Caribbean tectonic plate. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has been conducting a series of studies to help understand the reasons for the large vertical movements of the Earth in this region and to provide information for earthquake and tsunami hazard assessment.
Keywords TRENCH; DEEP SEA; TSUNAMI; SEISMIC; PLATE TECTONICS; EARTHQUAKES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; RESEARCH
Geography Keywords ATLANTIC WESTERN CENTRAL; CARIBBEAN SEA; PUERTO RICO; US VIRGIN ISLANDS
Content Language(s)English
File LocationMap of Puerto Rico Trench
Web Addresshttp://woodshole.er.usgs ... caribbean
Type of Multimedia FileDVD
Publication DateJanuary 2004
Hard Copy AvailabilityCopies of the DVD are available from Dr Uri ten Brink, USGS, Woods Hole, MA at utenbrink@usgs.gov
Related to TopicsEcosystems (2385); North Atlantic (988); Ocean floors (16401); Tsunamis (13430); Tsunami warning systems (12760)
  
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