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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Salton Sea Geothermal Field	1
Salton Sea basin	1
Salton Sink	1

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 (5)

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

Peninsular Ranges → borderedBy → Salton Trough ⓘ

Salton Trough → contains → Salton Trough self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salton Sea Geothermal Field

Salton Sea → locatedIn → Salton Trough ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salton Sink

Keys View → offersViewOf → Salton Trough ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salton Sea basin

Salton Sea → partOf → Salton Trough ⓘ