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New Guinea Trench, the Glossary

The New Guinea Trench is a trench along the northern coast of New Guinea.^[1]

17 relations: Aitape, Aseismic creep, Biak, Bird's Head Peninsula, Continental collision, Convergent boundary, Fold and thrust belt, Honolulu, List of tectonic plates, New Guinea, New Guinea Highlands, Pacific Ocean, Slab (geology), Subduction, 1996 Biak earthquake, 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake, 2002 Sandaun earthquake.
Geology of Indonesia
Geology of Papua New Guinea
Oceanic trenches of the Pacific Ocean

Aitape

Aitape is a small town of about 18,000 people on the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the Sandaun Province.

Aseismic creep

In geology, aseismic creep or fault creep is measurable surface displacement along a fault in the absence of notable earthquakes.

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Biak

Biak is the main island of Biak Archipelago located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea.

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The Bird's Head Peninsula (Indonesian: Kepala Burung, Vogelkop, meaning Bird's Head in Indonesian and Dutch) or Doberai Peninsula (Semenanjung Doberai), is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces of Southwest Papua and West Papua.

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Continental collision

In geology, continental collision is a phenomenon of plate tectonics that occurs at convergent boundaries.

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Convergent boundary

A convergent boundary (also known as a destructive boundary) is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.

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Fold and thrust belt

A fold and thrust belt (FTB) is a series of mountainous foothills adjacent to an orogenic belt, which forms due to contractional tectonics.

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Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean.

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List of tectonic plates

This is a list of tectonic plates on Earth's surface.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of.

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New Guinea Highlands

The New Guinea Highlands, also known as the Central Range or Central Cordillera, is a long chain of mountain ranges on the island of New Guinea, including the island's tallest peak, Puncak Jaya, Indonesia,, the highest mountain in Oceania.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Slab (geology)

In geology, the slab is a significant constituent of subduction zones.

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Subduction

Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries.

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