Jalisco Block

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The Jalisco Block is a tectonic microplate in western Mexico that plays a key role in the region’s complex plate interactions and seismic activity.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jalisco Block canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic structure ⓘ
tectonic microplate ⓘ
associatedWith Colima volcanic complex ⓘ
linked to: Colima Volcano

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (western segment) ⓘ
seismic activity in western Mexico ⓘ
subduction processes along the Middle America Trench ⓘ
volcanism in western Mexico ⓘ
boundedBy Banderas Rift ⓘ
Cocos Plate ⓘ
Colima Rift ⓘ
Middle America Trench ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
Rivera Plate ⓘ
Tepic–Zacoalco Rift ⓘ
linked to: Colima Rift
country Mexico ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasHazardRelevance strong ground shaking in coastal western Mexico ⓘ
tsunami potential from subduction earthquakes ⓘ
hasProcess block rotation relative to surrounding plates ⓘ
crustal extension in associated rift zones ⓘ
hasTectonicRole accommodates complex plate interactions in western Mexico ⓘ
influences regional seismicity ⓘ
influences earthquake hazard in western Mexico ⓘ
regional stress field in western Mexico ⓘ
tectonic deformation of the Mexican Pacific margin ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
western Mexico ⓘ
namedAfter Jalisco ⓘ
near Cocos Plate ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
Rivera Plate ⓘ
overlies subducting Cocos Plate ⓘ
subducting Rivera Plate ⓘ
partOf North American plate boundary region ⓘ
playsKeyRoleIn interaction between Cocos Plate and North American Plate ⓘ
interaction between Rivera Plate and North American Plate ⓘ
partitioning of deformation along the Middle America Trench ⓘ
regionIncludes Colima ⓘ
Jalisco ⓘ
Nayarit ⓘ
researchTopicOf plate boundary dynamics in the Mexican Pacific margin ⓘ
seismotectonic studies in Mexico ⓘ
tectonicSetting back-arc region of the Middle America Trench ⓘ
subduction zone margin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Rivera Plate → near → Jalisco Block ⓘ
Colima Rift → nearbyGeologicRegion → Jalisco Block ⓘ
subducting Rivera Plate → adjacentTo → Jalisco Block ⓘ
Rivera microplate → associatedWith → Jalisco Block ⓘ