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| Title | Puerto Rico Trench
( MULTIMEDIA FILE )
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| 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 |
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| 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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