Intermontane Trench
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The Intermontane Trench was an ancient oceanic trench
during the Triassic
time. The trench was probably 600 to 800 miles long, parallel to the west coast of North America
. The ocean
that the trench was located in was called the Slide Mountain Ocean
.
Oceanic trench
The oceanic trenches are hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. They are also the deepest parts of the ocean floor....
during the Triassic
Triassic
The Triassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about 250 to 200 Mya . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic. Both the start and end of the Triassic are marked by major extinction events...
time. The trench was probably 600 to 800 miles long, parallel to the west coast of North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. The ocean
Ocean
An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...
that the trench was located in was called the Slide Mountain Ocean
Slide Mountain Ocean
The Slide Mountain Ocean was an ancient ocean that existed between the Intermontane Islands and North America in the Triassic time beginning around 245 million years ago. Its name origin comes from the Slide Mountain Terrane, a region made of rocks from the floor of the ancient ocean...
.