Blanco Transform
E360800
The Blanco Transform is a major right-lateral transform fault segment of the plate boundary between the Juan de Fuca and Pacific Plates off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blanco Transform canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plate boundary segment
ⓘ
transform fault ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cascadia subduction zone
ⓘ
Gorda Ridge ⓘ Juan de Fuca Ridge ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Cascadia Subduction Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Cascadia subduction zone
Gorda Ridge ⓘ Juan de Fuca Ridge ⓘ |
| countryOffshoreFrom |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| displacementType | horizontal ⓘ |
| hazardType | seismic ⓘ |
| isSubparallelTo | Blanco Fracture Zone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
eastern North Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
northeast Pacific Ocean
|
| marginType | active continental margin ⓘ |
| motionSense | dextral ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Blanco Fracture Zone ⓘ |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf |
Juan de Fuca Ridge
ⓘ
surface form:
Juan de Fuca–Pacific plate boundary
|
| plateBoundaryBetween |
Juan de Fuca Plate
ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| plateBoundaryType | transform ⓘ |
| region |
off the coast of Oregon
ⓘ
off the coast of northern California ⓘ |
| relativeMotionType | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| seafloorFeatureType | fracture zone ⓘ |
| tectonicEnvironment | oceanic-oceanic plate boundary ⓘ |
| tectonicPlate1 | Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ |
| tectonicPlate2 | Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| tectonicRole |
accommodates differential motion between Juan de Fuca and Pacific Plates
ⓘ
links spreading centers and subduction zone in Cascadia region ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | offshore Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.