Gloria Fault

E200491

strike-slip fault transform fault

The Gloria Fault is a major transform fault in the North Atlantic Ocean that forms part of the boundary between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates near the Azores region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gloria Fault canonical	2
Gloria Fault region	1

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	strike-slip fault ⓘ transform fault ⓘ
associatedWith	Azores Triple Junction ⓘ seismic activity ⓘ
displacementType	horizontal displacement ⓘ
faultType	oceanic transform fault ⓘ
geologicalFeatureOf	Atlantic Ocean floor ⓘ
geologicalSetting	intraplate oceanic crust ⓘ
locatedBetween	Azores–Gibraltar region ⓘ Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean eastern North Atlantic ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Morocco ⓘ
movementType	strike-slip ⓘ
namedAfter	Gloria (oceanographic name context) ⓘ
near	Azores ⓘ surface form: Azores region
orientation	east–west trending ⓘ
partOf	Azores–Gibraltar fracture zone ⓘ surface form: Azores–Gibraltar Transform Fault system North Atlantic plate boundary system ⓘ plate boundary between Eurasian Plate and African Plate ⓘ plate boundary zone between Eurasia and Africa in the North Atlantic ⓘ
region	North Atlantic plate boundary system ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic plate boundary
relativeMotion	right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ
separates	African Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ
tectonicPlateBoundaryBetween	African Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ
tectonicRole	accommodates relative motion between Eurasian and African plates ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Azores Triple Junction → associatedWith → Gloria Fault ⓘ

Terceira Rift → near → Gloria Fault ⓘ

Azores Plateau → boundedBy → Gloria Fault ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gloria Fault region