New data on bottom sediments and igneous rocks of the Philippine Trench are under consideration. They show differences in geological structures of the island slope and the ocean slope of the trench. The island slope is comparable to the accretionary prism formations on the Philippines; there processes of gravitational re-deposition of sediments occur. The ocean slope is an edge of the Philippine Plate sinking into the trough, where basalts of the oceanic crust are exposed.

Supplement to: Skornyakova, Nadezhda S; Murdmaa, Ivar O; Matveenkov, Vladimir V; Basov, Ivan A (1991): New data on geological structure of the Philippine Trench. Tikhookeanskaya Geologiya (Pacific Geology), 10(4), 44-54