Gulf of California rift zone
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The Gulf of California rift zone is an active tectonic region where continental crust is being stretched and thinned, linking the San Andreas Fault system to seafloor spreading centers in the eastern Pacific.
Aliases (2)
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
continental rift
→
rift zone → tectonic plate boundary → transform–rift plate boundary → |
| age |
Neogene
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| associatedWith |
Baja California microplate motion
→
earthquake activity → volcanic activity → |
| boundedBy |
North American Plate
→
Pacific Plate → |
| characterizedBy |
active tectonism
→
continental crustal extension → crustal thinning → normal faulting → pull-apart basins → seafloor spreading segments → strike-slip faulting → transform faults → |
| connectsTo |
East Pacific Rise
→
Pacific Ocean spreading centers → San Andreas Fault system → |
| contains |
spreading centers
→
submarine volcanic centers → transform fault segments → |
| developedFrom |
former subduction margin of the Farallon-derived plates
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| evolutionTrend |
transition from continental rifting to oceanic spreading
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|
| extendsFrom |
southern end of the San Andreas Fault system
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|
| extendsTo |
mouth region of the Gulf of California in the Pacific Ocean
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| forms |
marine depocenters in the Gulf of California
→
series of en echelon basins → |
| geologicalProcess |
basin formation
→
lithospheric thinning → magmatism → |
| linkedTo |
northwestward motion of Baja California
→
plate boundary reorganization in western North America → |
| locatedIn |
Baja California region
→
Gulf of California → northwestern Mexico → |
| partOf |
Pacific–North America plate boundary
→
|
| researchField |
marine geology
→
plate tectonics → seismotectonics → |
| separates |
Baja California Peninsula from mainland Mexico
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|
| tectonicSetting |
oblique rift
→
transtensional plate boundary → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
North American Plate
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boundaryFeature |
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Gulf of California
("Gulf of California Rift Zone")
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hasGeologicalFeature |
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North American plate boundary system
→
|
hasPart |
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Salton Trough
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partOf |
|
Salton Trough
("Gulf of California spreading center")
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relatedTo |