Gulf of California rift zone

E37848

continental rift rift zone tectonic plate boundary transform–rift plate boundary

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gulf of California rift zone canonical	6
Gulf of California Rift Zone	1
Gulf of California spreading center	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	continental rift ⓘ rift zone ⓘ tectonic plate boundary ⓘ transform–rift plate boundary ⓘ
age	Neogene ⓘ
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 ⓘ East Pacific Rise ⓘ surface form: Pacific Ocean spreading centers San Andreas Fault ⓘ surface form: San Andreas Fault system
contains	spreading centers ⓘ submarine volcanic centers ⓘ transform fault segments ⓘ
developedFrom	former subduction margin of the Farallon-derived plates ⓘ
evolutionTrend	transition from continental rifting to oceanic spreading ⓘ
extendsFrom	southern end of the San Andreas Fault system ⓘ
extendsTo	mouth region of the Gulf of California in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: Baja California region Gulf of California ⓘ northwestern Mexico ⓘ
partOf	North American plate boundary system ⓘ surface form: Pacific–North America plate boundary
researchField	marine geology ⓘ plate tectonics ⓘ seismotectonics ⓘ
separates	Baja California ⓘ surface form: Baja California Peninsula from mainland Mexico
tectonicSetting	oblique rift ⓘ transtensional plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

North American Plate → boundaryFeature → Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ

Gulf of California → hasGeologicalFeature → Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of California Rift Zone

Salton Trough → partOf → Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ

Salton Trough → relatedTo → Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of California spreading center

North American plate boundary system → hasPart → Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ

Pacific margin of the Americas → includesFeature → Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ

Laguna Salada → partOf → Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ

Pacific–North American plate boundary system → hasPart → Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ