- Source: Pescadero Basin
The Pescadero Basin is a submarine depression located on the seabed at the southern end of the Gulf of California off the coast of the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The basin results from the activity of one of the several spreading centers in the Gulf. The basin is linked to the Pescadero Fault to the south, and the Atl Fault in the north, two of the transform faults of the Gulf of California Rift Zone, i. e. the northern extension of the eastern Pacific Ridge.
Studies released around 2015 have revealed that the Pescadero Basin is a hydrothermal field rich in particular in carbonate chimneys, the only ones so far discovered in the Pacific Ocean, and thus in the typical living species that inhabit these environments.
References
Continent-Ocean Transition Across the Alarcon Basin, Gulf of California from Seismic Reflection and Refraction Data, Sutherland et al (2003)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar stasiun radio di California
- Pescadero Basin
- Gulf of California Rift Zone
- Pescadero Creek County Park
- Atl Fault
- Pescadero Creek
- Pescadero Fault
- Alarcon Basin
- Yumkaaxvirus
- Big Basin Redwoods State Park
- Pescadero State Beach
