North Atlantic plate boundary system

E366332

geological structure plate boundary zone tectonic plate boundary system

The North Atlantic plate boundary system is the complex tectonic zone where the North American, Eurasian, and related plates interact through mid-ocean ridges, fracture zones, and transform faults across the North Atlantic Ocean.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Azores microplate boundary system	1
North Atlantic plate boundary	1
North Atlantic plate boundary system canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geological structure ⓘ plate boundary zone ⓘ tectonic plate boundary system ⓘ
age	Mesozoic to Cenozoic ⓘ
associatedWith	Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge ⓘ Iceland ⓘ Iceland hotspot region ⓘ surface form: Iceland hotspot Jan Mayen ⓘ surface form: Jan Mayen microcontinent North Atlantic volcanic province ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Igneous Province
characterizedBy	fracture zones perpendicular to ridge axis ⓘ linear ridge segments ⓘ offset ridge segments ⓘ
controls	seafloor spreading in the North Atlantic ⓘ
extendsFrom	Arctic Ocean ⓘ
extendsTo	South Atlantic ⓘ surface form: Southern Atlantic Ocean
formedBy	breakup of Pangaea ⓘ opening of the North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
geologicalProcess	rifting ⓘ seafloor spreading ⓘ transform faulting ⓘ
hasSpreadingRate	slow to intermediate ⓘ
includesFeature	Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone ⓘ Jan Mayen Fracture Zone ⓘ Knipovich Ridge ⓘ Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ Mohns Ridge ⓘ Kolbeinsey Ridge ⓘ surface form: Reykjanes Ridge fracture zone ⓘ mid-ocean ridge ⓘ transform fault ⓘ
influences	bathymetry of the North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ distribution of earthquakes in the North Atlantic ⓘ volcanism in Iceland region ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
motionType	divergent motion between North American and African plates ⓘ divergent motion between North American and Eurasian plates ⓘ
partOf	Central Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin global mid-ocean ridge system ⓘ
relatedTo	Eurasian-North American plate boundary ⓘ Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic Ridge system
separates	African Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ
studiedIn	marine geophysics ⓘ plate tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting	divergent plate boundary ⓘ transform plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Jan Mayen Fracture Zone → partOf → North Atlantic plate boundary system ⓘ

Gloria Fault → region → North Atlantic plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic plate boundary

Terceira Rift → partOf → North Atlantic plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Azores microplate boundary system