seafloor spreading crustal thickness variations and transitional crust in CaymanTrough from ... 100 mya Present Collision of Cuba with Florida Platform and Opening of the CaymanTrough. PALEOMAP ...NOTOC coord 18 30 N 83 0 W display title Image Cayman Trough.jpg thumb right 250px Satellite imagery Satellite image of the CaymanTrough. Image Gon ve microplate.png thumb right 250px Mid Cayman spreading centre as part of the trough, on the western edge of the Gon ve Microplate . The CaymanTrough , also known as the Cayman Trench , Bartlett Deep and Bartlett Trough is a complex transform fault zone pull apart basin which contains a small Divergent boundary spreading ridge on the floor of the western Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and the Cayman Islands . ref Einsele, Gerhard, Sedimentary Basins Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget, Springer, 2nd ed., 2000, p. 630 ISBN 978 3540661931 ref It is the deepest ... the Middle America Trench subduction zone. The relatively narrow trough trends east northeast to west southwest and has a maximum depth of convert 7686 m . Within the trough is a slowly spreading north ... 420 km along the main fault trace. The Cayman spreading ridge shows a long term opening rate of nowrap 11 12 mm yr. ref name DeMets The eastern section of the trough has been named the Gon ve Microplate ... microplate from GPS and seismic data, Geophys. J. Int. 2007 168, p. 375 6 ref During the Eocene the trough was the site of a subduction zone which formed the volcanic arc of the Cayman Ridge and the Sierra ..., H. H. 1994 Reefs and lagoons of Grand Cayman Monographiae biologicae Brunt, MA Davies, JE eds . Kluwer ... and Tectonics of the Mid Cayman Spreading Center , http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 2003EAEJA....12580R ... Category Extreme points of Jamaica Category Landforms of the Cayman Islands Category Oceanic trenches ... of the Cayman Islands da Caymanrenden de Kaimangraben es Fosa de las Caim n eu Kaiman uharteetako fosa fr Fosse des Ca mans lt Kaiman lovys pl R w Kajma ski pt Fossa Cayman ru sv Caymangraven ... more details
wiktionary troughTrough may refer to Trough economics , the lowest turning point of a business cycle Trough food or manger, a container for animal feed Watering trough , a receptacle of drinking water for domestic and non domestic livestock Trough geology , a long depression less steep than a trench Trough meteorology , an elongated region of low atmospheric pressure Trough physics , the lowest point on a wave Langmuir Blodgett trough , a laboratory instrument Battle of the Trough , a 1756 skirmish of the French and Indian War in West Virginia Sleightholme Beck Gorge The Troughs , a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of south west County Durham, England The Trough , a gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River in West Virginia Inkwell Trough , an old word for an inkwell See also Trow , a type of cargo boat Troff , a document processing system developed by AT&T for the Unix operating system Tropho , a List of Greek and Latin roots in English T Greek root meaning to feed or grow disambig de Trog es Vaguada fr Creux homonymie nl Trog ja ru simple Trough sk Trog uk ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image InCanoeInTrough.jpg 250px right thumb Canoeing through The Trough The Trough is a large river gorge carved by the Potomac River South Branch Potomac River South Branch Potomac River and situated in the Allegheny Mountains of Hampshire County, West Virginia Hampshire and Hardy County, West Virginia Hardy Counties , West Virginia , USA. The area was the site of a 1756 skirmish of the French and Indian War , known as the Battle of the Trough . The steep slopes of the Trough are forested primarily with oaks , hickory hickories , and Virginia pine with several outcrop rock outcrops visible on both sides. The two wooded ridges that define The Trough make it inaccessible from either side. Entry into The Trough is only by the South Branch Valley Railroad along the foot of Mill Creek Mountain or by canoe or boat. Geography The Trough is a narrow valley bounded by Mill Creek Mountain to its west and Sawmill Ridge 1,716 feet to its east with the Potomac River South Branch Potomac River South Branch Potomac River flowing in between them. The Trough s opening is located at the southern slopes of Mill Creek Mountain and Sawmill Ridge at McNeill, West Virginia McNeill in Hardy County. Mill Creek Mountain on its western edge is made up of steep several ridges ... is the first of Mill Creek Mountain s ridges to rise over the South Branch. For canoers, The Trough ... Sycamore just after Stony Run empties into the river. The Trough continues its northwestern track with several ... its shores. The Trough then passes into Hampshire County at High Knob West Virginia High Knob 2,648 .... Following Wickham, Mill Creek Mountain s Long Knob 1,725 feet spans the western side of The Trough while Sawmill Ridge remains to its east. Sawmill Ridge ends at The Trough s Mouth where Sawmill ... visible on either side of the river. For canoers, Th Recreation The Trough General Store in Glebe, West Virginia Glebe at The Trough s mouth offers canoe rentals and shuttles canoers and kayakers to The Trough ... more details
Cayman may refer to Cayman Islands , an overseas territory of the United Kingdom Grand Cayman , Cayman Brac , or Little Cayman , three islands that are part of the Cayman Islands Porsche Cayman , a sports car produced by Porsche Alligatoridae , of which caiman is a genus. Northern Islands 28GPU family 29 Radeon HD 6900 AMD Radeon HD6900 GPU series, codenamed Cayman disambig de Cayman fr Cayman he ja pl Kajmany ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2009 In geology, a trough generally refers to a linear structural geology structural depression that extends laterally over a distance, while being less steep than a oceanic trench trench . A trough can be a narrow Basin geology basin or a geologic rift . There are various oceanic troughs , troughs found under ocean s examples include the rift along the mid oceanic ridge and the CaymanTrough . See also Walker Lane DEFAULTSORT Trough Geology Category Geomorphology Category Geology terminology Category Landforms geology stub ko kk ja simple Trough geology zh ... more details
Image Nankai trough topographic.png thumb right 250px The yellow line is the Suruga trough, part of the longer Nankai trough in red nihongo Suruga Trough Suruga Torafu is a Trough geology trough that lies off the coast of Suruga Bay in Japan, forming part of the Nankai Trough , the latter being responsible the source of many large earthquakes in Japan s history. Both mark the boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate subduction subducting under the Amurian Plate . See also Japan Median Tectonic Line Sagami Trough japan geo stub Marine geo stub coord missing Japan East Asia plates Category Plate tectonics Category Geology of Japan ja ... more details
Pyramid Trough coor dm 78 18 S 163 27 E is a deep trough immediately west of The Bulwark , through which a part of the Koettlitz Glacier formerly flowed north to Walcott Bay . Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition VUWAE 1960 61 for its proximity to The Pyramid . Trough Lake coor dm 78 2 S 163 28 E is a lake named in association with Pyramid Trough. Pyramid Pond coor dm 78 17 S 163 27 E is a pond named in association with Pyramid Trough. usgs gazetteer Category Valleys of Victoria Land Category Lakes of Victoria Land Category Scott Coast ScottCoast geo stub ... more details
Image Sagami trough topographic.png thumb right 250px Red line is the Sagami Trough The Nihongo Sagami Trough Sagami Torafu also Sagami Trench , Sagami Megathrust, or Sagami Subduction Zone is a 210 mile long Trough geology trough where the Kanto earthquake s of 1703 Genroku , 1855 Ansei and 1923 Great Kanto or Taisho arose. It stretches from the Boso Triple Junction where it meets the Japan Trench to Sagami Bay . It runs north of the Izu Islands chain and the Izu Bonin Mariana Arc IBM . The average quake the Sagami Trough releases is over 8.0 or higher Citation needed date May 2011 . The Sagami Trough is a threat to Tokyo and the Kanto Region because of the proximity to a population center with over 36 million living in Tokyo s metro area, with a total of 43 million living in the Kanto Region and the magnitude the Sagami Trough can create. See also Suruga Trough References Unreferenced date May 2011 Reflist Category Plate tectonics tectonics stub East Asia plates ja ... more details
Orphan date December 2010 Balleny Trough coord 66 S 158 E source GNIS is an undersea trough named in association with the Balleny Islands . The name was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in February 1972. References usgs gazetteer id 17178 Category Oceanic basins of Antarctica marine geo stub ... more details
orphan date December 2008 Adare Trough is an undersea trough geology trough name proposed by Dr. Steven C. Cande , Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Named in association with Adare Peninsula and Cape Adare . Name approved by the Advisory Committee on Undersea Features in September 1997. coord 70 2 S 172 30 E display title usgs gazetteer id 17222 Category Oceanic basins of Antarctica marine geo stub ... more details
orphan date May 2011 Hesperides Trough coor dm 60 21 S 50 50 W is an Trough geology undersea trough named for the Spanish ship R V Hesperides. Name approved 11 95 Advisory Committee on Undersea Features ACUF 265 . References usgs gazetteer Category Oceanic basins of Antarctica marine geo stub ... more details
In medicine , a trough level is the lowest level that a medicine is present in the body. In a medicine that is administered periodically, the trough level should be measured just before the administration of the next dose in order to avoid overdosing. ref name UVAHealth2007 Cite web url http www.healthsystem.virginia.edu internet neurology what we treat epilepsy downloads obtaining trough blood levels.pdf title Obtaining Trough Blood Levels accessdate 2009 11 22 date 2007 03 29 publisher University of Virginia Health System http www.webcitation.org 5lSlkujvk Archived version 2009 11 22 ref It should be contrasted with a peak level , which is the highest level of the medicine in the body, and the average level , which is the mean level over time. It helps in therapeutic drug monitoring. It s widely used in clinical trials for newer medicines for its therapeutic effectiveness and safety. References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Trough Level Category Pharmacology Med stub ... more details
The Timor Trough is an oceanic Trough geology trough that is a continuation of the Sunda Trench that marks the boundary between Indo Australian Plate s continental shelf and the Timor Plate to the north. It is separated from the Java Trench by a sag near Sumba Island at the Scott Plateau and North Australian Basin , and on the other end becomes Tanimbar trough southeast of the Tanimbar Islands continuing on to the Aur trough east of the Kai Islands near Bird s Head Peninsula on New Guinea . ref name UN cite book title Atlas of mineral resources of the ESCAP region Volume 17 Geology and Mineral Resources of Timor Leste publisher United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific url http www.unescap.org esd publications AMRS17.pdf archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20050520180705 http www.unescap.org esd water publications mineral amrs vol17 Chapter 20II new .pdf archivedate 20 May 2005 chapter Chapter II Geology of Timor Leste date 24 December 2003 ref Lining the north of the trough are numerous islands, of which Timor is the largest. Further west are the Weber Basin and Banda Trench . Oil and natural gas have been found south of the trough ref name UN and the region is geologically active with numerous earthquakes. References Reflist SE Asia plates Category Plate tectonics Category Geology of Indonesia Marine geo stub tectonics stub ... more details
for the Northern Hemisphere , with regions of convergence and divergence labeled. A trough is an elongated ... s. Unlike fronts, there is not a universal symbol for a trough on a weather chart. The weather charts in some countries or regions mark troughs by a line. In the United States, a trough may be marked ... centers may assume the character of a trough when there is a detectable wind shift noted at the surface ... between two mountain peaks. If a trough forms in the mid latitudes, a temperature difference between two sides of the trough usually exists in the form of a weather front . A weather front is usually less convective than a trough in the tropics or subtropics such as a tropical wave . Sometimes ... or south China are greatly affected by convection cells along a trough. In the mid latitude ... winds are in a high amplitude pattern. For a trough in the westerlies, the region just west of the trough ... the region just east of the trough axis is an area of fast, divergent winds and low pressure. Tropical wave s are a type of trough in easterly currents, a cyclone cyclonic northward deflection of the trade winds. Types of trough In addition to standard troughs, some may be described further with a qualifying term indicating a specific or a set of characteristics Lee trough A lee trough is one and the same thing as a dynamic trough . According to the AMS Glossary, it is A pressure trough formed ... cite web title American Meteorological Society Glossary Lee trough publisher http www.allenpress.com ... 2006 10 30 ref ref name LeeSideTroughLow cite web title What is a Lee side Trough Low ? author ... habyhints 129 accessdate 2006 10 30 ref Inverted trough An inverted trough is an atmospheric trough which is oriented opposite to most troughs of the mid latitudes. Most but not all ... bring clouds, showers, and a wind shift, particularly following the passage of the trough. This results from convergence or squeezing which forces lifting of moist air behind the trough line. See ... more details
File BAB of the World Converted .jpg thumb right The Okinawa trough in context of back arc basin s of the world. The Nihongo Okinawa Trough Okinawa Torafu is a seabed feature of the East China Sea . It is an active, initial back arc rifting basin which has formed behind the Ryukyu arc trench system in the West Pacific. It developed where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Eurasia Plate. ref Thakur, Naresh Kumar et al. 2010 . google books iqL67NrCQloC Exploration of Gas Hydrates Geophysical Techniques, p. 119. page 119 ref Description It is a back arc basin formed by extension within the continental lithosphere behind the far deeper Ryukyu Trench arc system. ref Sibuet, Jean Claude et al. http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 1987JGR....9214041S Back arc extension in the Okinawa Trough, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 92, Issue B13, p. 14041 14063. ref It has a large section more than 3,300 feet 1,000 metres deep and a maximum depth of 8,912 feet 2,716 metres . The Okinawa Trough still in an early stage of evolving from arc type to back arc activity. Interpreting geography Image Okinawa trough topographic.png thumb right Okinawa trough The existence of the Okinawa Trough complicates descriptive issues in the East China Sea. ref name ji11 Ji, Guoxing. 1995 . http escholarship.org uc item 7rq2b069 Maritime Jurisdiction in the Three China Seas, p. 11. UC Berkeley UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation retrieved 15 Nov 2010. ref According to Professor Ji Guoxing of the Asia Pacific Department at Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Institute ... Trough proves that the continental shelves of China and Japan are not connected, that the Trough serves as the boundary between them, and that the Trough should not be ignored .... ref name ji11 Japan s interpretation of the geography is that quotation ...the trough is just an incidental depression in a continuous continental margin between the two countries ... and that any legal effect of the trough ... more details
Image Hales Stephen trough detail.jpg right thumb upright Pnumatic trough, as invented by Stephen Hales A pneumatic trough is a piece of laboratory apparatus used for collecting gases, such as hydrogen , oxygen , and nitrogen . Pneumatic troughs require a liquid such as water. Scientists also have used mercury in pneumatic troughs, but usually only for the collection of water soluble gases. Health and safety issues surrounding mercury generally prohibit its use in modern day pneumatic troughs. Four items are required for gas collection with a pneumatic trough The trough itself, which is a large glass dish or a similar container A gas bottle or bulb , to hold the gas collected A way to support the gas bottle or bulb, such as a Beehive shelf or a hanger see picture A liquid in the trough The bottle is filled with water, inverted, and placed into the pneumatic trough already containing water. The outlet tube from the gas generating apparatus is inserted into the opening of the bottle so that gas can bubble up through it, displacing the water within. See also File Priestley Joseph pneumatic trough.jpg thumb right Pneumatic trough, and other equipment, used by Joseph Priestley Beehive shelf Pneumatic chemistry Joseph Priestley Stephen Hales Further reading cite journal author Parascandola, John coauthors Ihde, Aaron title History of the Pneumatic Trough journal Isis year 1969 volume 60 pages 351 361 url doi 10.1086 350503 Category Laboratory equipment chemistry stub de Pneumatische Wanne ... more details
File Sykes Farm Trough of Bowland geograph.org.uk 74231.jpg right thumb Trough of Bowland The Trough of Bowland is a valley and high pass in the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , Lancashire , England. The pass, reaching convert 295 m ft abbr on above sea level at the head of the valley, links to Over Wyresdale Wyresdale , dividing the upland core of Bowland into two main blocks. Though steep and narrow, the road is the most direct connection between Lancaster, Lancashire Lancaster and Dunsop Bridge , and hence Clitheroe . The Grey Stone of Trough, at the head of the pass, marks the line of the administrative counties of England pre 1974 county boundary between Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire . Definition The Trough is scenic and popular with visitors, particularly walkers and cyclists, so it is unsurprising that it is sometimes considered synonymous with the Forest of Bowland as a whole. However, it is in fact only a small part of the wider 312 sq.miles ref http www.visitlancashire.com site destination guide forest of bowland aonb ref Area of Natural Beauty. The Ordnance Survey indicates the Trough of Bowland to be solely the steep upper valley of Losterdale Brook above Trough Barn. However, the generally used definition includes the main valleys of Langden Brook and its tributaries, as far as Dunsop Bridge, on the Wyresdale side of the pass, the moorland and wooded valley of Trough Beck as far as Trough Bridge most reasonably extend the western boundary to encompass the rest of the wooded headwater valley of the River Wyre Wyre as far as Marshaw. Land usage The Trough is very sparsely populated there are only two farms on the Langden side, Sykes and Hareden, and, in Wyresdale, the small community of Marshaw. All feature Grade II listed building s. Evidence of past industrial use remains in the form of a disused roadside lime kiln and several ... and Wales Mountain Rescue Team . Water is abstracted from the main streams of the Trough to supply ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Lazarev Trough coord 65 35 S 130 0 E is an undersea trough named for the Russian polar explorer Admiral Mikhail P. Lazarev , commanding officer of the sloop Mirnyy during the Bellingshausen expedition of 1819 1821. Name proposed by Dr. G. Agapova, Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences . Name approved 8 85 ACUF 218 . usgs gazetteer Category Oceanic basins of Antarctica Category Australian Antarctic Territory Marine geo stub ru ... more details
Errigal Trough was a village that spanned County Tyrone and County Monaghan . Samuel Lewis described it in 1837 as a parish, partly in the barony of CLOGHER, county of TYRONE, but chiefly in that of TROUGH, county of MONAGHAN, and province of ULSTER, 3 miles S.S.W. from Aughnacloy, on the road to Emyvale, and on the river Blackwater containing 9321 inhabitants. ref name Lewis Lewis s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837 ref References reflist coord missing County Tyrone Category Villages in Ireland ... more details
Economics sidebar Orphan date February 2011 In economics, a trough is a low turning point or a Maxima and minima local minimum of a business cycle . The time evolution of many parameters of economics exhibit a wave like behavior with local maxima peaks followed by local minima troughs . A business cycle may be defined as the period between two consecutive peaks. DEFAULTSORT Trough Economics Category Business cycle Business stub ... more details
Orphan date May 2011 Dubinin Trough coor dm 67 10 S 80 30 E is an undersea trough named for Soviet Captain A.I. Dubinin , leader of 1957 Antarctic expedition. Name proposed by Dr. G. Agapova , Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Name approved 8 85 ACUF 218 . usgs gazetteer Category Oceanic basins of Antarctica marine geo stub ... more details
Orphan date May 2011 Filchner Trough coor dm 77 0 S 36 0 W is an undersea trough extending north from its associated feature, the Filchner Ice Shelf . Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze , Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research , Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6 97 ACUF 271 . usgs gazetteer Category Oceanic basins of Antarctica Category Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf marine geo stub ... more details
Orphan date May 2011 Moller Trough coor dm 76 35 S 30 40 W is an undersea trough in the Weddell Sea named for Dietrich Moller , geodesist and former President, German Society for Polar Research . Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze , Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research , Bremerhaven , Germany . Name approved 6 97 ACUF 271 . usgs gazetteer Category Oceanic basins of Antarctica Marine geo stub ... more details
Orphan date May 2011 Rinner Trough coor dm 77 40 S 35 0 W is an undersea trough in the Weddell Sea named for Karl Rinner 1921 1991 , Austrian geodisist and founder of the journal Marine Geodesy . Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze , Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research , Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6 97 ACUF 271 . usgs gazetteer Category Oceanic basins of Antarctica marine geo stub ... more details
Orphan date May 2011 Lichte Trough coor dm 76 25 S 30 0 W is an undersea trough named for Professor Heinrich Lichte 1910 1988 , a geodesist who specialized in glaciology. Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze , Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research , Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6 97 ACUF 271 . usgs gazetteer Category Oceanic basins of Antarctica Marine geo stub ... more details
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