| 单词 | Benioff zone |
| 释义 | Benioff zone /ben"ee awf', -of'/, Geol., Oceanog. a planar seismic zone in oceanic crust along which subduction of lithospheric plates gives rise to frequent earthquakes: marked by oceanic trenches sloping downward at about 45° toward adjacent island arcs or continents. [after Hugo Benioff (1899-1968), U.S. geophysicist] |
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