Bathymetry_of_the_northeast_corner_of_the_Caribbean_Plate_showing_the_major_faults_and_plate_boundaries.jpg
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Bathymetry of the northeast corner of the Caribbean Plate showing the major faults and plate boundaries; view looking south-west. The main bathymetric features of this area include: the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc; the old inactive volcanic arc of the Greater Antilles (Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola); the Muertos Trough; and the Puerto Rico Trench formed at the plate boundary zone between the Caribbean and obliquely subducting North American Plates. Vertical exaggeration is 5:1. Bathymetry data generated using the Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) synthesis in GeoMapApp.
English:
Batimetría de la esquina noreste de la placa caribeña, demonstrando la fallas mayores y los borders de la placa.
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| Source | NOAA http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1502/background/geology/welcome.html |
| Author | NOAA |
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