Peru Chile Trench Volcanoes
Oceanic trenches are topographic depressions of the sea floor relatively narrow in width but very long.
Peru chile trench volcanoes. Some of the most familiar ocean trenches are the result of this type of convergent plate boundarythe peru chile trench off the west coast of south america is formed by the oceanic crust of the nazca plate subducting beneath the continental crust of the south american plate. Earthquakes tectonics. The ryukyu trench stretching out from southern japan is formed as the oceanic crust of the philippine plate subducts.
It reaches a maximum depth of 8065 m 26460 ft below sea level in richards deep and is approximately 5900 km 3666 mi long. The peru chile trench also known as the atacama trench is an oceanic trench in the eastern pacific ocean about 160 km 100 mi off the coast of peru and chile. The peruchile trench also known as the atacama trench is an oceanic trench in the eastern pacific ocean about 160 kilometres 99 mi off the coast of peru and chile.
Gif peru chile mega quakes excerpt from animation. The megathrust boundary between the plates results in both the 4000 km long aleutian trench and in the arc of active volcanoes that lie subparallel to the trench.