Gorda Plate

E20404

oceanic plate tectonic plate

The Gorda Plate is a small tectonic plate off the coast of northern California that forms part of the complex plate boundary system between the Pacific and North American Plates.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gorda Plate canonical	15
Gorda–Juan de Fuca–Explorer plate system	1
Juan de Fuca–Gorda plate system	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oceanic plate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWith	Cascadia Subduction Zone ⓘ surface form: Cascadia megathrust tsunami hazard along northern California coast ⓘ
bordersWith	Explorer Plate ⓘ Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ
boundaryTypeWithNorthAmericanPlate	convergent boundary ⓘ
boundaryTypeWithPacificPlate	transform boundary ⓘ
crustType	oceanic crust ⓘ
formsPartOf	Cascadia Subduction Zone ⓘ surface form: Cascadia subduction zone
hasApproximateLocation	offshore of Cape Mendocino ⓘ
influences	seismicity of northern California ⓘ seismicity of southern Oregon ⓘ
isConsidered	one of the smallest major tectonic plates ⓘ
isDeformingInternally	true ⓘ
isSegmentOf	Farallon Plate ⓘ surface form: Farallon Plate remnant
isSiteOf	frequent earthquakes ⓘ intense intraplate deformation ⓘ strike-slip earthquakes ⓘ thrust earthquakes ⓘ
isStudiedIn	marine geology ⓘ plate tectonics ⓘ seismology ⓘ
isYoungerRemnantOf	Farallon Plate ⓘ
lithosphereType	oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern North Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: northeast Pacific Ocean
locatedOffCoastOf	northern California ⓘ
meetsPacificAndNorthAmericanPlatesAt	Mendocino Triple Junction ⓘ
movementDirection	east-northeast ⓘ
movementType	oblique convergence ⓘ
northernBoundaryFeature	Blanco Fracture Zone ⓘ
partOf	Earth ⓘ Gorda Plate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Juan de Fuca–Gorda plate system North American plate boundary system ⓘ
southernBoundaryFeature	Mendocino Fracture Zone ⓘ
subductsAt	Cascadia Subduction Zone ⓘ surface form: Cascadia subduction zone
subductsBeneath	North American Plate ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Juan de Fuca Plate → borders → Gorda Plate ⓘ

Cascade Volcanic Arc → subductionOf → Gorda Plate ⓘ

Cape Mendocino → tectonicPlateBoundary → Gorda Plate ⓘ

Explorer Plate → bordersWith → Gorda Plate ⓘ

Juan de Fuca Ridge → associatedWith → Gorda Plate ⓘ

Gorda Plate → partOf → Gorda Plate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Juan de Fuca–Gorda plate system

Farallon Plate → hasRemnant → Gorda Plate ⓘ

Cascadia Subduction Zone → tectonicPlateSubducting → Gorda Plate ⓘ

North American plate boundary system → interactsWith → Gorda Plate ⓘ

Mendocino Fracture Zone → near → Gorda Plate ⓘ

Gorda Ridge → partOf → Gorda Plate ⓘ

Gorda Ridge → separates → Gorda Plate ⓘ

Gorda Ridge → isPartOfMicroplateSystem → Gorda Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorda–Juan de Fuca–Explorer plate system

Mendocino Triple Junction → plate3 → Gorda Plate ⓘ

Cascadian orogeny → relatedTo → Gorda Plate ⓘ

East Pacific tectonic system → associatedWith → Gorda Plate ⓘ

Cascade Range volcanic province → associatedWith → Gorda Plate ⓘ