These convergent boundaries also occur where a plate of ocean dives ... forming deep trenches like the Mariana Trench in the North Pacific Ocean, the deepest point on Earth.

Different plate tectonic settings produce distinctive basin ... this sediment is deposited in the ocean above the trench itself. In ocean-ocean subduction boundaries, the sediment is deposited in the ...

and earthquake epicenters along the boundaries where the plates meet, called fault lines. The Ring of Fire is home to the deepest ocean trench, called the Mariana Trench. Located east of Guam ...

Despite its isolation, the Mariana Trench is tainted by pollution, with microplastics found even in its remote depths, ...