Azores–Gibraltar fracture zone

E615568

fracture zone plate boundary tectonic feature

The Azores–Gibraltar fracture zone is a major tectonic boundary in the North Atlantic that marks the complex transition between the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the plate interactions around the western Mediterranean.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Azores–Gibraltar Transform Fault system	1
Azores–Gibraltar fracture zone canonical	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fracture zone ⓘ plate boundary ⓘ tectonic feature ⓘ
associatedWith	Alboran domain NERFINISHED ⓘ Azores microplate NERFINISHED ⓘ Iberian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	complex plate interactions ⓘ seismic activity ⓘ subduction-related processes in its eastern sector ⓘ
connects	Azores Triple Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ Gibraltar region ⓘ Mid-Atlantic Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsFrom	Azores Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsTo	Gibraltar Arc region NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween	Atlantic domain ⓘ Mediterranean domain ⓘ
hasOrientation	roughly west–east ⓘ
hasProcess	oceanic lithosphere deformation ⓘ plate reorganization ⓘ slow convergence between Africa and Eurasia ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting	convergent boundary segments ⓘ strike-slip faulting ⓘ transform boundary ⓘ
influences	seismic hazard in northwestern Africa ⓘ seismic hazard in southwestern Europe ⓘ
isSegmentOf	Africa–Eurasia convergent margin NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern North Atlantic ⓘ
marksTransitionBetween	Mid-Atlantic Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ western Mediterranean plate boundary system ⓘ
near	Azores archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ Iberian margin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Africa–Eurasia plate boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ Africa–Iberia plate boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Gorringe Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ Horseshoe Fault NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquês de Pombal Fault NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates	African Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	marine geology ⓘ plate tectonics ⓘ seismology ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Iberian Plate → associatedWith → Azores–Gibraltar fracture zone ⓘ

Gloria Fault → partOf → Azores–Gibraltar fracture zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Azores–Gibraltar Transform Fault system