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Benioff zone

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-000319

A planar zone of seismicity that dips into the Earth's mantle beneath an oceanic trench and volcanic arc, marking the subducting oceanic plate. Earthquakes within this zone are caused by the stresses of the descending slab. The angle of dip can vary from shallow to nearly vertical.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-000319
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeology
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-000319",
  "term": "Benioff zone",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A planar zone of seismicity that dips into the Earth's mantle beneath an oceanic trench and volcanic arc, marking the subducting oceanic plate. Earthquakes within this zone are caused by the stresses of the descending slab. The angle of dip can vary from shallow to nearly vertical.",
  "subject": "Geology",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/benioff-zone/"
}

Record 344 of 4,469 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.