Blackwater fault zone
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The Blackwater fault zone is a major right-lateral strike-slip fault system in the Mojave Desert of eastern California that accommodates part of the region’s active tectonic shear between the Pacific and North American plates.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fault zone
ⓘ
geologic fault ⓘ right-lateral fault ⓘ strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| accommodates |
part of Pacific–North America plate boundary motion
ⓘ
tectonic shear between Pacific Plate and North American Plate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deformationStyle | brittle crustal deformation ⓘ |
| displacementType | horizontal ⓘ |
| hasHazardType | seismic hazard ⓘ |
| hasRockType | crystalline basement rocks (regional context) ⓘ |
| isActive | true ⓘ |
| isOnshore | true ⓘ |
| kinematics | dextral strike-slip ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mojave Desert
ⓘ
eastern California ⓘ |
| movementType | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| orientation | northwest-trending ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern California shear zone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mojave Desert fault system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates | blocks within the Mojave Desert region ⓘ |
| tectonicProcess | intraplate shear within plate-boundary zone ⓘ |
| tectonicRegime | transform ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | boundary region between Pacific Plate and North American Plate ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.