North Luzon Trough

The North Luzon Trough is a major geological feature located off the northern coast of Luzon Island between the Manila Trench and the Vigan-Agao Fault in the Philippines.[1] It is a well-developed forearc basin formed in front of the Luzon Volcanic Arc, an island arc system.[2] The trough is a result of the active subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate.

  1. ^ Armada, Leo; Hsu, Shu-Kun; Ku, Chia-Yen; Doo, Wen-Bin; Wu, Wen-Nam; Dimalanta, Carla; Yumul Jr., Graciano (2012). "Possible northward extension of the Philippine Fault Zone offshore Luzon Island (Philippines)". Marine Geophysical Research. 33 (4): 369–277. Bibcode:2012MarGR..33..369A. doi:10.1007/s11001-013-9169-5. S2CID 55285917.
  2. ^ Zhang, Ruixin; Li, Sanzhong; Suo, Yanhui; Liu, Jinping; Cao, Xianzhi; Zhou, Jie; Jiang, Zhaoxia; Li, Xiyao (2022-08-20). "A forearc pull-apart basin under oblique arc-continent collision: Insights from the North Luzon Trough". Tectonophysics. 837: 229461. Bibcode:2022Tectp.83729461Z. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229461. ISSN 0040-1951. S2CID 249965523.