Owen Fracture Zone

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The Owen Fracture Zone is a major transform fault system in the northwest Indian Ocean that marks part of the tectonic boundary between the Arabian and Indian plates.

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Owen Fracture Zone canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fracture zone
tectonic plate boundary
transform fault
adjacentTo Arabian Sea
Gulf of Aden
surface form: Gulf of Aden region
associatedWith Murray Ridge
Owen Ridge
boundaryType transform plate boundary
connects Carlsberg Ridge and Sheba Ridge region
countryOffshoreFrom India
Oman
Pakistan
Yemen
discoveredBy marine geophysical surveys
extendsFrom Murray Ridge
extendsTo Carlsberg Ridge
surface form: Carlsberg Ridge region
faultSystemType oceanic transform fault system
featureType submarine tectonic structure
geodynamicSignificance records relative motion of Arabia and India since Cenozoic
geologicalAge Cenozoic
linkedStructure Carlsberg Ridge
Sheba Ridge
locatedIn northwestern Indian Ocean
locatedOn seafloor
marksBoundaryBetween Arabian Plate and Indian Plate
movementType strike-slip
namedAfter George Owen
nearbyFeature Makran subduction zone
Owen Basin
ocean Indian Ocean
orientation north–south
partOf Arabian–Indian plate boundary
Indian Ocean plate boundary system
plateBoundarySegmentOf Arabia–India–Somalia triple-plate region
relativePlateMotion right-lateral strike-slip
seafloorProvince Arabian Sea floor
separates Arabian Plate
India Plate
surface form: Indian Plate
studiedUsing bathymetric mapping
magnetic anomaly data
seismic reflection data
tectonicActivity seismically active
tectonicRole accommodates differential motion between Arabian and Indian plates
tectonicSetting divergent–transform plate boundary system

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Arabian Plate hasBoundaryFeature Owen Fracture Zone
Carlsberg Ridge extendsFrom Owen Fracture Zone
Carlsberg Ridge connectedTo Owen Fracture Zone