Trench Theories Comparison Chart
Green circles indicate the theory explains the evidence well, yellow not so well, and red the least well.
| Trenches Evidence to be Explained |
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| Tension Failures |
| Earthquakes Drop Local Gravity |
| Plate Reversals |
| Earthquake Driving Force |
| Earthquakes Correlate with Low Tides |
| Earthquakes Far from Plate Boundaries |
| Deep Earthquakes |
| Fossils in Trenches |
| Fast Seismic Waves |
| Images of Earth’s Interior |