Gorda Ridge

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divergent plate boundary mid-ocean ridge seafloor spreading center tectonic plate boundary

Gorda Ridge is a seafloor spreading center and tectonic plate boundary located off the coast of northern California, forming part of the complex plate system of the northeastern Pacific Ocean.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gorda Ridge canonical	6
Aden Ridge	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	divergent plate boundary ⓘ mid-ocean ridge ⓘ seafloor spreading center ⓘ tectonic plate boundary ⓘ
associatedWith	hydrothermal vent fields ⓘ submarine volcanism ⓘ
connectedTo	Blanco Fracture Zone ⓘ Mendocino Fracture Zone ⓘ
countryOffshoreFrom	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crustTypeFormed	oceanic crust ⓘ
geologicalAgeContext	Cenozoic plate boundary feature ⓘ
geologicalProvince	Cascadia Subduction Zone ⓘ surface form: Cascadia subduction zone region
hasBathymetricExpression	elongate ridge on the seafloor ⓘ
hasMorphology	rift valley and axial high segments ⓘ
isPartOfMicroplateSystem	Gorda Plate ⓘ surface form: Gorda–Juan de Fuca–Explorer plate system
isStudiedBy	oceanographic institutions ⓘ
isStudiedUsing	marine seismic surveys ⓘ seafloor mapping ⓘ submersibles and ROVs ⓘ
isSubparallelTo	Juan de Fuca Ridge ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean
locatedOffCoastOf	Northern California ⓘ surface form: northern California
nearbyHazardContext	Cascadia Subduction Zone ⓘ surface form: Cascadia megathrust region
ocean	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
offshoreFromState	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
partOf	Gorda Plate ⓘ global mid-ocean ridge system ⓘ northeast Pacific plate boundary system ⓘ
plateBoundaryComplexity	highly segmented and tectonically complex ⓘ
region	offshore northern California and southern Oregon ⓘ
relativeMotion	plates diverging ⓘ
researchInterest	geophysics ⓘ marine geology ⓘ plate tectonics ⓘ
separates	Gorda Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ
spreadingType	slow-spreading ridge ⓘ
tectonicActivity	earthquakes ⓘ seafloor spreading ⓘ
tectonicSetting	divergent boundary between Gorda Plate and Pacific Plate ⓘ
terminatesNear	Mendocino Triple Junction ⓘ
trend	north-south ⓘ
volcanicRockType	mid-ocean ridge basalt ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Juan de Fuca Ridge → connectsTo → Gorda Ridge ⓘ

North American plate boundary system → hasPart → Gorda Ridge ⓘ

Blanco Fracture Zone → associatedWith → Gorda Ridge ⓘ

Somali Plate → hasBoundary → Gorda Ridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Ridge

Mendocino Triple Junction → associatedStructure → Gorda Ridge ⓘ

Blanco Transform → connectsTo → Gorda Ridge ⓘ

Blanco Transform → associatedWith → Gorda Ridge ⓘ