subducting Rivera Plate
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The subducting Rivera Plate is a small oceanic tectonic plate off western Mexico that is being forced beneath the North American Plate, contributing to regional volcanism and seismic activity near the Jalisco Block.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| subducting Rivera Plate canonical | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oceanic plate
ⓘ
subducting slab ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Jalisco Block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jalisco subduction zone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle America Trench NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Cocos Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causes |
interplate seismicity
ⓘ
intraplate seismicity within the slab ⓘ megathrust earthquakes ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
regional volcanism in western Mexico
ⓘ
seismic activity near the Jalisco Block ⓘ |
| hasComposition | mafic oceanic lithosphere ⓘ |
| hasTectonicSetting | convergent plate boundary ⓘ |
| influences |
arc volcanism in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
ⓘ
volcanism in the Colima volcanic complex ⓘ |
| isSiteOf |
bending-related normal faulting
ⓘ
slab dehydration processes ⓘ |
| isSmallerThan |
Cocos Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
plate tectonics research
ⓘ
seismotectonics of western Mexico ⓘ subduction zone geodynamics ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOffCoastOf | western Mexico ⓘ |
| movesRelativeTo |
Cocos Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Rivera Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subductsBeneath | North American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.