East Pacific tectonic system
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The East Pacific tectonic system is a major geological region in the eastern Pacific Ocean characterized by active seafloor spreading, transform faults, and subduction zones that shape the surrounding oceanic plates and continental margins.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Pacific tectonic system canonical | 2 |
| Circum-Pacific and Tethyan orogenic system | 1 |
| East Pacific Rise–Gulf of California spreading system | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological region
ⓘ
tectonic system ⓘ |
| affects |
continental margins
ⓘ
oceanic plates ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Antarctic Plate
ⓘ
Cocos Plate ⓘ Explorer Plate ⓘ Gorda Plate ⓘ Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ Nazca Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ Rivera Plate ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
active volcanism
ⓘ
frequent earthquakes ⓘ high seismicity ⓘ |
| contains |
Cascadia Subduction Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Cascadia subduction zone
Central America subduction zone ⓘ Chile Rise ⓘ Chile Triple Junction ⓘ Cocos–Nazca spreading center ⓘ East Pacific Rise ⓘ Galápagos Spreading Center ⓘ Tonga-Kermadec subduction system ⓘ
surface form:
Kermadec–Tonga subduction system
Mendocino Triple Junction ⓘ Mexican subduction zone ⓘ Middle America Trench ⓘ Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ
surface form:
Nazca subduction zone
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific–Antarctic Ridge
Atacama Trench ⓘ
surface form:
Peru–Chile Trench
Queen Charlotte Fault ⓘ
surface form:
Queen Charlotte–Fairweather fault system
Rivera Triple Junction ⓘ San Andreas Fault ⓘ
surface form:
San Andreas Fault system
|
| hasBoundaryType |
convergent plate boundary
ⓘ
divergent plate boundary ⓘ transform plate boundary ⓘ |
| hasBoundaryWith |
Australian Plate
ⓘ
Caribbean Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ South American Plate ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
seafloor spreading
ⓘ
subduction ⓘ transform faulting ⓘ |
| influences |
Andean orogeny
ⓘ
Baja California tectonics ⓘ Cascade Volcanic Arc ⓘ
surface form:
Cascades volcanic arc
Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ
surface form:
Central American volcanic arc
margin evolution of the Americas ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pacific Plate boundary system
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific tectonic system
global plate tectonic system ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
East Pacific Rise–Gulf of California spreading system
this entity surface form:
Circum-Pacific and Tethyan orogenic system