- Source: Gulf of California Rift Zone
The Gulf of California Rift Zone (GCRZ) is the northernmost extension of the East Pacific Rise which extends some 1,300 km (800 mi) from the mouth of the Gulf of California to the southern terminus of the San Andreas Fault at the Salton Sink.
The GCRZ is an incipient rift zone akin to the Red Sea Rift. In the GCRZ continental crust originally associated with the North American plate has been pulled apart by tectonic forces and is being replaced by newly formed oceanic crust and seafloor spreading. The rifting has resulted in the transfer of the Baja California peninsula to the Pacific plate.
List of GCRZ transform faults
From north to south:
Imperial Fault Zone
Cerro Prieto Fault
Ballenas Fault
Partida Fault
San Lorenzo Fault
Guaymas Fault
Carmen Fault
Farallon Fault
Atl Fault
Pescadero Fault
Tamayo Fault
List of GCRZ rift basins
From north to south:
Brawley Seismic Zone
Cerro Prieto
Wagner Basin
Consag Basin
Adair-Tepoca Basin
Tiburon Basin
Delfin Basin
San Pedro Martir Basin
Guaymas Basin
Carmen Basin
Farallon Basin
Pescadero Basin
Alarcon Basin
References
Clayton, W.R. & Trampert, J. & Rebollar, C. & Ritsema, Jeroen & Persaud, Patricia & Paulssen, J.A.M. & Pérez-Campos, Xyoli & Wettum, A. & Perez-Vertti, A. & DiLuccio, F.. (2004). The NARS-Baja seismic array in the Gulf of California rift zone. MARGINS Newslett. 13.
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