Rivera Transform Fault Zone

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The Rivera Transform Fault Zone is a major tectonic boundary in the eastern Pacific Ocean that accommodates lateral motion between the Rivera Plate and adjacent plates near the Middle America Trench.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf plate boundary
transform fault zone
accommodatesMotionBetween North American Plate
Pacific Plate
Rivera Plate
adjacentTo Cocos–North America plate boundary
surface form: Middle America subduction zone
associatedWith Middle America Trench
Rivera Plate
boundaryOf Rivera Plate
geologicalProcess accommodation of relative plate motion
locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
locatedOffCoastOf Mexico
motionType lateral strike-slip
near Middle America Trench
ocean Pacific Ocean
partOf Rivera Triple Junction region
surface form: Rivera Plate boundary zone
plateBoundaryType transform
region eastern Pacific Ocean
surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean
relatedTo Riviera Fracture Zone
surface form: Rivera Fracture Zone

Rivera microplate
separates Rivera Plate
adjacent oceanic plates
tectonicActivity seismically active
tectonicRole links spreading and subduction segments
tectonicSetting subduction-transform plate boundary system

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rivera Plate isSeparatedFromBy Rivera Transform Fault Zone
Colima Rift partOf Rivera Transform Fault Zone
this entity surface form: Rivera Plate boundary zone