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The relatively narrow trough trends east-northeast to west-southwest and has a maximum depth of 7,686 metres (25,217 ft). Within the trough is a slowly spreading north–south ridge which may be the result of an offset or gap of approximately 420 kilometres (260 mi) along the main fault trace.
A bathymetry map of the Mount Dent ocean core complex. The Von Damm vent field is located centrally on the Mid-Cayman Rise between the Oriente and Swan Island transform faults. [ 5 ] The ocean core complex, which the field resides on the eastern side of, is known as Mount Dent and is the most central of the three known on the spreading center.
The Beebe vent field was initially detected in October 2009 by CTD, Eh, and optical backscatter anomalies in the water column above the Mid-Cayman Rise aboard the R/V Cape Hatteras. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The team deployed HROV Nereus to conduct surveys which identified a double hydrothermal plume at 3,900 metres (12,800 ft) and 4,250 m (13,940 ft) deep ...
The formation of the Cayman Trough produced the last significant tectonic feature on the islands after 39 million years ago, with sinistral strike-slip faults. A structural block produced as a result creates a 5.7 kilometer sinistrally offset contact between the Water Island and Louisenhoj formations. [1]
This site is located on the 110 km long, ultraslow spreading Mid-Cayman Rise within the Cayman Trough. [102] In early 2013, the deepest known hydrothermal vents were discovered in the Caribbean Sea at a depth of almost 5,000 metres (16,000 ft).
The Gulf of Honduras is shown in the centre of this map. ... boundary of the Cayman Trough. ... 75–18.23 cubic miles (74–76 km 3) of water from its ...
Beyond the boundaries of the Fish Sanctuary, the Cayman Trough plunges to depths of over 7,620 metres (25,000 ft) and is renowned for deep-water sport fishing including marlin and tuna. [ 6 ] In 2010, the Fish Sanctuary launched the Oracabessa Bay Sea Turtle Project, which monitors and protects critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles on the ...
The location of the Mid-Cayman Rise. The Mid-Cayman Rise or Mid-Cayman Spreading Center is a relatively short (110 km long) divergent plate boundary in the middle of the Cayman Trough. It forms part of a dominantly transform boundary that is part of the southern margin to the North American Plate. It is an ultra-slow spreading center where the ...