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| | This section represents the entry point to maps, statistics and online databases currently accessable from the UN Atlas of the Ocean and to collections of maps related to oceans. The user can use the left-side frame to look into specific domain of interest. Another entry point to maps is through the GEOGRAPHY worldview where maps have been catalogued according to their geographic coverage. | | |  Collection of maps from the 3 volumes Atlas of the Oceans, published by the Russian Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography (HDNO), and covering various aspects of the oceans are now available. By clicking the link below, users can look at a preview of what is available. Registered users can access the full size images of each map from the sub-topic Ocean Maps from Russian Atlas available on the left side frame.
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 | | | | | | | Title | Puerto Rico Trench
( MULTIMEDIA FILE )
| | Author(s) / Editor(s) | ten Brink,U. | | Description | THE 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 Location | Map of Puerto Rico Trench | | Web Address | http://woodshole.er.usgs ... caribbean | |
| Type of Multimedia File | DVD | | Publication Date | January 2004 | | Hard Copy Availability | Copies of the DVD are available from Dr Uri ten Brink, USGS, Woods Hole, MA at utenbrink@usgs.gov | |
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