Salton Trough

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geologic province rift basin tectonic depression

The Salton Trough is a tectonic depression in Southern California and northern Mexico that forms the northernmost extension of the Gulf of California rift zone.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Salton Trough canonical 12
Salton Sink 4
Salton Trough geothermal province 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic province ⓘ
rift basin ⓘ
tectonic depression ⓘ
associatedWith Brawley Seismic Zone ⓘ
Imperial Fault ⓘ
San Andreas Fault ⓘ
surface form: San Andreas Fault system
borderedBy Chocolate Mountains to the east ⓘ
Peninsular Ranges to the west ⓘ
contains Brawley Geothermal Field ⓘ
Coachella Valley ⓘ
Heber Geothermal Field ⓘ
Imperial Valley ⓘ
Mexicali Valley ⓘ
Salton Sea ⓘ
Salton Trough self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Salton Sea Geothermal Field

thick sedimentary basin ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs northernmost extension of the Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ
drainage closed or endorheic in the Salton Sea area ⓘ
elevation below sea level in several areas ⓘ
extendsFrom northern Gulf of California ⓘ
extendsTo southern end of the San Andreas Fault ⓘ
filledBy Colorado River sediments ⓘ
sedimentary deposits ⓘ
formedBy oblique rifting and strike-slip faulting ⓘ
geologicAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicOrigin rifting of the North American Plate margin ⓘ
hasEconomicUse geothermal power production ⓘ
intensive agriculture in Imperial Valley ⓘ
hasFeature active seismicity ⓘ
geothermal activity ⓘ
high heat flow ⓘ
hasResearchInterest continental rifting processes ⓘ
plate boundary evolution ⓘ
locatedIn Southern California ⓘ
Northern Mexico ⓘ
surface form: northern Mexico
lowestPoint Salton Sea shoreline ⓘ
near Peninsular Ranges ⓘ
San Jacinto Fault Zone ⓘ
partOf Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ
Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ
surface form: Pacific–North American plate boundary
relatedTo Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of California spreading center
tectonicSetting continental rift ⓘ
transform plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Salton Sea → partOf → Salton Trough ⓘ
Salton Sea → locatedIn → Salton Trough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salton Sink
Peninsular Ranges → borderedBy → Salton Trough ⓘ
Keys View → offersViewOf → Salton Trough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salton Sea basin
Salton Trough → contains → Salton Trough self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salton Sea Geothermal Field
Whitewater River (California) → mouthRegion → Salton Trough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salton Sink
Alamo River → drainageBasin → Salton Trough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salton Sink
Colorado Desert → contains → Salton Trough ⓘ
North Shore → locatedInWatershed → Salton Trough ⓘ
subject surface form: North Shore, California
this entity surface form: Salton Sink
Imperial Valley → partOf → Salton Trough ⓘ
Laguna Salada → partOf → Salton Trough ⓘ
Imperial, California → locatedInBasin → Salton Trough ⓘ
California deserts → contains → Salton Trough ⓘ
Heber Geothermal Field → partOf → Salton Trough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salton Trough geothermal province
Brawley Geothermal Field → locatedIn → Salton Trough ⓘ
Brawley Geothermal Field → associatedWith → Salton Trough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salton Trough geothermal province
Brawley Geothermal Field → partOfBasin → Salton Trough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salton Trough sedimentary basin
Imperial Fault → associatedWith → Salton Trough ⓘ
Imperial Fault → region → Salton Trough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salton Trough–Imperial Valley region
Brawley Seismic Zone → locatedIn → Salton Trough ⓘ
Mecca, California → locatedInPhysiographicFeature → Salton Trough ⓘ
Salton Buttes → locatedIn → Salton Trough ⓘ