California Borderland region

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continental borderland geographic region tectonic province

The California Borderland region is a complex offshore and coastal area of Southern California and northern Baja California characterized by faulted basins, uplifted ridges, and active tectonics along the Pacific–North America plate boundary.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
California Continental Borderland 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental borderland ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
tectonic province ⓘ
adjacentTo California coast ⓘ
Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy active tectonics ⓘ
faulted basins ⓘ
uplifted ridges ⓘ
contains Catalina Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Catalina Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Continental Borderland basins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coronado Bank region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inner Borderland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Los Angeles Basin offshore extensions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Outer Borderland NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Clemente Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Nicolas Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Pedro Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Cruz Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Monica Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
continental shelf areas ⓘ
continental slope areas ⓘ
submarine basins ⓘ
submarine ridges ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossedBy Elsinore Fault offshore segments NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newport–Inglewood–Rose Canyon fault zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palos Verdes Fault NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Clemente Fault NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Diego Trough Fault NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsFrom central California coast ⓘ
extendsTo northern Baja California coast ⓘ
formedBy oblique Pacific–North America plate motion ⓘ
geologicHistory Cenozoic extension and transtension ⓘ
Miocene to recent deformation ⓘ
influences Southern California coastal morphology ⓘ
regional ocean circulation patterns ⓘ
knownFor complex fault architecture ⓘ
high seismic hazard near populated coasts ⓘ
locatedIn northern Baja California ⓘ
offshore Southern California ⓘ
partOf Pacific–North America plate boundary zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo San Andreas Fault system NERFINISHED ⓘ
seafloorDepthRange shallow shelf to deep basins over 2000 meters ⓘ
studiedBy marine geologists ⓘ
seismologists ⓘ
tectonicSetting transform plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Peninsular Ranges Batholith → region → California Borderland region ⓘ
Vail Peak → geologicalContext → California Borderland region ⓘ
this entity surface form: California Continental Borderland