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The 23 pages that link to Mariana Trench, each with the reason it gives.

• Plate tectonicsRelated: The surface expression of Earth's fastest and oldest subducting slab.

• Pacific OceanBroader topic: It marks the Pacific’s greatest measured depth.

• Pacific PlateBroader topic: It is a dramatic expression of Pacific Plate subduction in the western Pacific.

• Subduction zoneBroader topic: Its extreme depth illustrates the deep bending and descent of oceanic lithosphere.

• Philippine Sea PlateRelated: It marks the Pacific Plate’s descent beneath the Philippine Sea Plate.

• Convergent boundaryBroader topic: Its extreme depth illustrates trench formation at an oceanic subduction zone.

• Deep seaBroader topic: Its hadal depths expose organisms to the ocean’s most extreme pressures.

• Mariana IslandsRelated: The trench marks the subduction zone immediately east of the island arc.

• Oceanic trenchBroader topic: It is the best-known example of an exceptionally deep oceanic trench.

• Hadal zoneBroader topic: Its deepest basin is the best-known example of hadal habitat.

• Oceanic lithosphereRelated: It marks a major site where old oceanic lithosphere sinks into the mantle.

• Challenger DeepNarrower topic: Challenger Deep occupies the trench’s southern end.

• ForearcRelated: The Mariana forearc is an erosive margin with exposed mantle-derived rocks.

• Philippine SeaBroader topic: It marks the sea’s eastern edge and contains its deepest oceanic region.

• GuamRelated: The trench shares the region’s name and defines its dramatic ocean geography.

• Marine geologyBroader topic: It exemplifies the extreme topography produced at a subduction zone.

• South Pacific OceanRelated: It illustrates the extreme depths and subduction geology of the wider Pacific basin.

• Deepsea ChallengerNarrower topic: The submersible’s target lies within this vast trench.

• Ring of FireRelated: The ring's deepest node, marking the fastest-converging style of Pacific subduction.

• Tonga TrenchCompared with: It provides a benchmark for comparing trench depth and subduction processes.

• Don WalshBroader topic: Walsh’s descent brought the trench’s deepest reaches into public view.

• Jacques PiccardNarrower topic: The trench’s unexplored depths shaped the goal of Piccard’s 1960 expedition.

• Philippine TrenchRelated: It is a nearby western Pacific trench, but belongs to a different subduction system.