Hawaiian Trough
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The Hawaiian Trough, also known as the Hawaiian Deep, is a depression of the sea floor surrounding the Hawaiian Islands, where the massive weight of the island chain downwarps the oceanic lithosphere; surrounding the islands like a moat, it is roughly 5500 meters deep.[1] However, in accordance with the principle of isostasy, the sinking of the lithosphere is balanced by a corresponding rise beyond it, known as the Hawaiian Arch.[2] The Big Island itself is still subsiding, at a rate of about 2.5 millimeters per year.[3]
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- Overview of Hawaiian Arch geology (PDF)
- New Evidence for Massive Landslides from the Hawaiian Islands (PDF)
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