Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone

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geological fault zone strike-slip fault tectonic structure

The Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone is a major strike-slip fault system in southern Chile that controls much of the region’s tectonic activity, volcanism, and seismicity along the Andean margin.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geological fault zone ⓘ strike-slip fault ⓘ tectonic structure ⓘ
abbreviation	LOFZ ⓘ
age	Cenozoic ⓘ
associatedWith	Austral Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ surface form: Andean Austral Volcanic Zone Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ surface form: Andean Southern Volcanic Zone
controls	regional tectonic activity in southern Chile ⓘ seismicity in southern Chile ⓘ volcanism in southern Chile ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
crosses	Aysén Region ⓘ Los Lagos Region ⓘ Los Ríos Region ⓘ
developedDuring	Neogene ⓘ
extendsFrom	Liquiñe region ⓘ
extendsTo	Ofqui Isthmus ⓘ
faultType	dextral strike-slip fault ⓘ
firstDescribedIn	20th century ⓘ
hostTo	shallow crustal earthquakes ⓘ
influences	distribution of geothermal systems in southern Chile ⓘ location of stratovolcanoes in southern Chile ⓘ
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
lengthApprox	1200 km ⓘ
locatedIn	southern Chile ⓘ
locatedOn	Andean margin ⓘ
movementSense	right-lateral ⓘ
namedAfter	Liquiñe ⓘ Ofqui Isthmus ⓘ
near	Aysén Fjord ⓘ Liquiñe geothermal area ⓘ
orientation	north–south ⓘ
parallelTo	Andean mountain front in southern Chile ⓘ Atacama Trench ⓘ surface form: Chile Trench
partOf	intra-arc fault systems of the southern Andes ⓘ
region	Austral Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ
relatedTo	intra-arc deformation ⓘ oblique subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath South America ⓘ
researchField	seismology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ volcanology ⓘ
seismicHazard	significant for southern Chile ⓘ
structuralControlOn	linear volcanic chains ⓘ volcanic alignments in southern Chile ⓘ
tectonicSetting	Andean Volcanic Belt ⓘ surface form: Andean volcanic arc Nazca–South America plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

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

Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes → associatedWith → Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone ⓘ