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The Ocean has more extensive abyssal plains than the Pacific Ocean because it has fewer trenches to trap sediments moving down the continental slope?
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Abyssal plains with sediments covering the seafloor igneous rocks are more extensive in the central Pacific basin than in the North Atlantic?
False.
Which coast represents an active continental margin?
Most of the trenches are located along the margin of the pacific ocean. Ex. the west coast of South America
In which ocean are most of the deep-sea trenches located?
Deep ocean trenches can be found near continental shelves. Some are found near volcanic islands, and are formed due to plate tectonics.
What ocean basin is the most trenches found?
Pacific. (it is the last option to bubble in)
In which ocean basin are most trenches found?
the pacific ocean
Why are abyssal plains relatively rare in the pacific?
Because the extensive system of trenches along the active margins of the Pacific trap much of the sediments flowing off the continents, preventing them from building the broad, flat abyssal plains typical of the Atlantic. There are a few abyssal plains in the Pacific (notably adjacent to China and Southeast Asia), but none approaches the extent of, say, the Canary Abyssal Plain west of the Canary Islands in the North Atlantic, with an area of 900,000 square kilometers (350,000 square miles).
How many trenches does the pacific ocean have?
none
Trenches are the deepest parts of the ocean floor which of the earth's four oceans hs the deepest trenches?
The Pacific Ocean has the deepest trenches.
Why are most oceanic trenches found in the pacific ocean?
The Pacific Ocean is part of the Ring of Fire. The ring of fire is underwater trenches made my moving plates. The plates pushed on each other and eventually moved downward, creating trenches
Is the Pacific plate and oceanic plate or continental plate?
It is oceanic
What is the symbol for Pacific Continental Corporation - Ore - in NASDAQ?
The symbol for Pacific Continental Corporation (Ore) in NASDAQ is: PCBK.
What ocean has the greatest number of deep sea trenches?
The pacific ocean
