Chile Rise

Chile Rise

      submarine ridge of the Pacific Ocean, trending southeast from Easter Island toward Chile after branching from the Albatross Cordillera (East Pacific Rise). Shallow earthquakes are common to this feature; using the epicentre locations of these earthquakes, the existence of the ridge in the vicinity was predicted before depth soundings confirmed it. Highly irregular relief, formed by troughs and asymmetrical ridges, characterizes this ridge. The Chile Basin lies between the Chile Rise and the mainland of South America.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Chile Rise — The Chile Rise or Chile Ridge is an oceanic ridge, a tectonic divergent plate boundary between the Nazca and Antarctic Plates. Its eastern end is the Chile Triple Junction where the Chile Rise is being subducted below the South American Plate in… …   Wikipedia

  • Chile Triple Junction — The Chile Triple Junction (or Chile Margin Triple Junction) is a geologic triple junction located on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean off Taitao and Tres Montes Peninsula on the southern coast of Chile. Here three tectonic plates meet: the South …   Wikipedia

  • Chile Fracture Zone — The Chile Fracture Zone (CFZ) is a major strike slip fault and fracture zone in the Chile Rise. The Chile Fracture Zone runs in a eastwest direction almost parallel to nearby Juan Fernández Ridge and makes up a large part of the Antarctic Nazca… …   Wikipedia

  • Chile–India relations — Chile …   Wikipedia

  • chile — /chil ee/, n. chili. * * * Chile Introduction Chile Background: A three year old Marxist government was overthrown in 1973 by a dictatorial military regime led by Augusto PINOCHET, who ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990 …   Universalium

  • Chile — Chilean, adj., n. /chil ee/; Sp. /chee le/, n. a republic in SW South America, on the Pacific Coast. 14,508,168; 286,396 sq. mi. (741,765 sq. km). Cap.: Santiago. * * * Chile Introduction Chile Background: A three year old Marxist government was… …   Universalium

  • Chile under Allende — Salvador Allende was the president of Chile from 1970 until 1973, and head of the Popular Unity government; he was the first Marxist ever to be elected to the national presidency of a democracy. [http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?o… …   Wikipedia

  • Chile under Pinochet — General Augusto Pinochet, one of the most controversial figures in recent Chilean history, was head of the military junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. The 1973 coup overthrew the Socialist president Salvador Allende, who is believed to… …   Wikipedia

  • Chile — For other uses, see Chile (disambiguation). Republic of Chile República de Chile (Spanish) …   Wikipedia

  • Chile — (1973–1990)    On 11 September 1973 the Chilean military overthrew Salvador Allende Gossens, a democratically elected Marxist president. Led by General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, the military coup unleashed a reign of terror over the civilian… …   Historical Dictionary of the “Dirty Wars”

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”