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In geology, a trough is a linear structural depression that extends laterally over a distance. Although it is less steep than a trench, a trough can be a narrow basin or a geologic rift. These features often form at the rim of tectonic plates.
Oceanic trough, an elongate depression in the seafloor that is characteristically shallower, shorter, narrower, and topographically gentler than oceanic trenches. Maximal depths of oceanic troughs range between 2,300 m (7,500 feet) in the Papuan Trough and 7,440 m in the Banda Trough.
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In geology, a trough refers to a linear depression that extends in one direction over a distance. It is less steep than a trench. A trough can be a narrow basin or a geologic rift. There are various oceanic troughs, troughs found under oceans; examples include the rifts along the mid-ocean ridges
In geology, a trough is a linear structural depression that extends laterally over a distance. Although it is less steep than a trench, a trough can be a narrow basin or a geologic rift. These features often form at the rim of tectonic plates.
The resulting trough cross-bedding is characterized by curved planar erosional surfaces separating different sets of foreset laminae. In sections parallel to the current (see below), foreset laminae are inclined toward the direction of the current.
Trough: the lowest point of the wave. Wave height: the distance between the crest and the trough. Wavelength: the distance between two identical points on successive waves, for example crest to crest, or trough to trough.
Troughs with a width of a few kilometers are able to break the dynamic balances that otherwise force the broadscale water flow to follow bathymetric contours. They are often also able to sustain enhanced turbulence levels and vertical mixing rates.
