Mariana Trench

Mariana Trench

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Mariana Trench

Present location · conceptual formation sequence

Conceptual section of subduction in the southern Mariana Trench, not a surveyed transect or a reconstruction of measured depths and layer thicknesses.

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Mariana Trench
Imagined sediment-covered deep seafloor under limited illumination, not an observed photograph or a reconstruction of a specific survey station.

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