The Hellenic Trench
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What is the Hellenic Trench (HT)?

  • An arcuate archipelago
  • A basement of the Aegean Sea
  • An oceanic trench (correct)
  • A subduction zone

    • Where does the Hellenic Trench begin?

  • Near the island of Rhodes
  • In the Aegean Sea Plate
  • Near the mouth of the Gulf of Corinth (correct)
  • Close to the south shore of Crete

    • Which plates are involved in the subduction related to the Hellenic Trench?

  • Aegean and Hellenic Plates
  • African and Eurasian Plates (correct)
  • Ionian and Corinth Plates
  • Aegean and Anatolia Plates

    • What is the alternate view of the origin of the Hellenic Trench?

    <p>It is a result of back-arc extension and slab rollback</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the 'partial' view hypothesize about the Hellenic Trench?

    <p>The western leg exhibits the line of subduction</p> Signup and view all the answers

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