Colima Rift

E125740

rift zone spreading center tectonic feature

Colima Rift is a tectonic spreading center and rift zone off the western coast of Mexico that marks part of the boundary between the Rivera Plate and the neighboring plates in the Pacific region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Colima Rift canonical	2
Tepic–Zacoalco Rift	1

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rift zone ⓘ spreading center ⓘ tectonic feature ⓘ
adjacentTo	North American continental margin ⓘ surface form: Mexican continental margin
associatedPlate	Pacific Plate ⓘ Rivera Plate ⓘ
boundaryType	divergent plate boundary ⓘ
continentMargin	North America ⓘ
countryBorderingRegion	Mexico ⓘ
featureType	submarine tectonic structure ⓘ
geologicalProcess	rifting ⓘ seafloor spreading ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	Mexico ⓘ western Mexico ⓘ
namedAfter	Colima ⓘ
nearbyGeologicRegion	Jalisco Block ⓘ Middle America Trench ⓘ
ocean	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Rivera Transform Fault Zone ⓘ surface form: Rivera Plate boundary zone boundary between Rivera Plate and neighboring plates ⓘ
plateBoundaryRole	separates Rivera Plate from adjacent oceanic plates ⓘ
region	eastern Pacific ⓘ
tectonicActivity	earthquake generation ⓘ volcanism-related deformation ⓘ
tectonicSetting	plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Rivera Plate → near → Colima Rift ⓘ

Jalisco Block → boundedBy → Colima Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tepic–Zacoalco Rift