Gonâve Microplate

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The Gonâve Microplate is a small tectonic plate in the northern Caribbean region, located between the North American and Caribbean Plates and associated with significant seismic activity in Haiti and Jamaica.

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Gonâve Microplate canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological structure
tectonic microplate
associatedWith Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
Haiti earthquake activity
Jamaica earthquake activity
Septentrional-Oriente fault zone
surface form: Septentrional–Oriente fault zone

seismic activity in Haiti
seismic activity in Jamaica
boundedBy Caribbean Plate
North American Plate
containsStructure Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
Septentrional-Oriente fault zone
surface form: Septentrional–Oriente fault zone
deformationStyle strike-slip faulting
transpressional tectonics
extendsAlong Hispaniola
surface form: Hispaniola region

Jamaica region
southern margin of Cuba
geologicalProcess plate boundary shear
hasBoundaryType complex plate boundary zone
transform boundary
locatedIn northern Caribbean region
locatedNear Gonâve Island
movementType left-lateral strike-slip motion
namedAfter Gonâve Island
partOf Caribbean Plate boundary zone
surface form: Caribbean plate boundary zone
relativeMotionTo Caribbean Plate
North American Plate
researchField Caribbean geology
plate tectonics
seismology
tectonicSetting strike-slip plate boundary zone

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