Rio Grande Rift

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continental rift geologic province tectonic feature

The Rio Grande Rift is a major north–south trending continental rift zone in the southwestern United States that marks where the Earth's crust is being pulled apart, forming a series of basins and uplifted ranges.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rio Grande Rift canonical 13
Rio Grande Rift region 3
Rio Grande rift 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental rift ⓘ
geologic province ⓘ
tectonic feature ⓘ
activityStatus tectonically active ⓘ
associatedWith Rio Grande ⓘ
surface form: Rio Grande River

basin-and-range topography ⓘ
normal faulting ⓘ
volcanism ⓘ
boundedBy uplifted ranges ⓘ
contains Albuquerque Basin ⓘ
Espanola Basin ⓘ
Valles Caldera ⓘ
surface form: Jemez volcanic field

San Luis Valley ⓘ
surface form: San Luis Basin

Santa Fe Group sediments ⓘ
Socorro Basin ⓘ
Socorro Magma Body ⓘ
Taos Plateau volcanic field ⓘ
Tularosa Basin region ⓘ
surface form: Tularosa Basin

series of basins ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicImportance geothermal resources ⓘ
groundwater aquifers ⓘ
extendsInto Northern Mexico ⓘ
extendsThrough Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
geologicAge Cenozoic ⓘ
governedBy normal faults ⓘ
hasMaximumBasinThickness several kilometers of sediment ⓘ
hasTopography alternating basins and ranges ⓘ
influences Rio Grande River course ⓘ
regional drainage patterns ⓘ
length approximately 1000 kilometers ⓘ
linkedTo Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Southern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern United States
maximumCrustalExtension tens of kilometers ⓘ
namedAfter Rio Grande ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
process crustal extension ⓘ
lithospheric thinning ⓘ
riftInitiation Miocene ⓘ
late Oligocene ⓘ
seismicity moderate ⓘ
studiedFor continental rifting processes ⓘ
lithospheric dynamics ⓘ
tectonicSetting intraplate rift ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Basin and Range Province → contains → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
Jemez Mountains region → adjacentTo → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
Colorado Plateau → borderedBy → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
Sandia Mountains → orogeny → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande rift
Dona Ana County, New Mexico → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande rift
Socorro Mountains → partOf → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande Rift region
Socorro Mountains → geologicalSetting → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
Fra Cristóbal Mountains → adjacentTo → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
Culberson County → borderFeature → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande rift region
Rio Grande Gorge → partOf → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
Albuquerque Basin → partOf → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
Albuquerque Basin → geologicalProvince → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
Taos Plateau volcanic field → locatedIn → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
Espanola Basin → partOf → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
subject surface form: Española Basin
Espanola Basin → tectonicProvince → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
subject surface form: Española Basin
Colorado Plateau transition zone → borders → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande Rift region
Socorro Basin → partOf → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
Socorro Basin → geologicProvince → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
Estancia Basin → partOf → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande Rift region
Manzano Mountains → adjacentTo → Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Grande rift