Right lateral-moving transform fault and fracture zone offshore of Vancouver Island in Canada
Bathymetry of Explorer Ridge area, including the Sovanco Fracture Zone
The Sovanco Fracture Zone is a right lateral-moving transform fault and associated fracture zone located offshore of Vancouver Island in Canada. It runs between the northern end of the Juan de Fuca Ridge and the southern end of the Explorer Ridge, forming part of the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Explorer Plate. To its west lies the Explorer Seamount.
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and has a width of 19 km. The fracturezone offsets the Mid-Atlantic Ridge by more than 640 km. The SovancoFractureZone is a dextral-slip transform fault...
The SovancoFractureZone is a right lateral-moving transform fault and associated fracturezone located offshore of Vancouver Island in Canada. It runs...
The southern boundary is a collection of transform faults, the SovancoFractureZone, separating the Explorer Plate from the Pacific Plate. To the southeast...
Ridge, and several smaller segments. It runs northward from the SovancoFractureZone to the Queen Charlotte Triple Junction, a point where it meets the...
Plates SovancoFractureZone – A right lateral-moving transform fault and fracturezone offshore of Vancouver Island in Canada Valdivia FractureZone – A...
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