Pacific Plate fracture zone system
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The Pacific Plate fracture zone system is a network of major undersea tectonic fractures and transform faults that segment and shape the Pacific Plate across the ocean floor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pacific Plate fracture zone system canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fracture zone system
ⓘ
geological structure ⓘ tectonic feature ⓘ undersea feature ⓘ |
| affects |
patterns of intraplate stress in the Pacific Plate
ⓘ
seafloor topography of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| ageRange | Mesozoic to Cenozoic ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
spreading centers
ⓘ
subduction zones at the margins of the Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
large-offset fracture zones
ⓘ
linear bathymetric lineaments ⓘ strike-slip faulting along transform segments ⓘ |
| controls | segmentation of the Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | mid-20th century marine geophysical surveys ⓘ |
| extendsAcross | oceanic lithosphere of the Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| formedBy |
relative motion between the Pacific Plate and adjacent plates
ⓘ
seafloor spreading processes ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
abyssal hills and scarps
ⓘ
fracture zones ⓘ transform faults ⓘ |
| includes | numerous named fracture zones and transforms on the Pacific seafloor ⓘ |
| influences |
geometry of Pacific mid-ocean ridges
ⓘ
plate motion accommodation ⓘ |
| lithosphereType | oceanic lithosphere ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| mappedBy |
multibeam bathymetry
ⓘ
shipborne echo sounding ⓘ |
| orientation | generally east–west in the central Pacific ⓘ |
| partOf | global mid-ocean ridge and transform fault system ⓘ |
| playsRoleIn |
distribution of intraplate volcanism patterns
ⓘ
plate kinematic reconstructions of the Pacific basin ⓘ segmentation of mid-ocean ridge magmatic systems ⓘ |
| records |
magnetic anomaly lineations offset by fracture zones
ⓘ
past changes in Pacific Plate motion ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
East Pacific Rise
ⓘ
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific–Antarctic Ridge
Pacific–Cocos plate boundary ⓘ Pacific–Juan de Fuca plate boundary ⓘ Pacific–Nazca plate boundary ⓘ |
| studiedBy | marine geophysics ⓘ |
| studiedUsing |
bathymetric mapping
ⓘ
magnetic anomaly data ⓘ marine seismic reflection and refraction ⓘ satellite altimetry-derived gravity data ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | divergent and transform plate boundaries ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.