Tamayo Fracture Zone
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The Tamayo Fracture Zone is a major transform fault and seafloor fracture zone in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico that helps accommodate plate motion between the Rivera microplate and surrounding tectonic plates.
All labels observed (1)
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| Tamayo Fracture Zone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22574411 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tamayo Fracture Zone Context triple: [Rivera microplate, boundedBy, Tamayo Fracture Zone]
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A.
Sovanco Fracture Zone
The Sovanco Fracture Zone is a major transform fault system in the northeast Pacific Ocean that accommodates motion between the Explorer and Juan de Fuca tectonic plates.
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B.
Owen Fracture Zone
The Owen Fracture Zone is a major transform fault system in the northwest Indian Ocean that marks part of the tectonic boundary between the Arabian and Indian plates.
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C.
Romanche Fracture Zone
The Romanche Fracture Zone is a major transform fault and deep-sea fracture zone in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean that offsets the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and hosts one of the deepest points in the Atlantic basin.
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D.
Blanco Fracture Zone
The Blanco Fracture Zone is a major transform fault and fracture zone in the northeast Pacific Ocean that offsets and separates segments of the Juan de Fuca and Pacific tectonic plates.
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E.
Riviera Fracture Zone
The Riviera Fracture Zone is a major submarine tectonic feature in the eastern Pacific Ocean that forms part of the complex plate boundary system off the coast of Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tamayo Fracture Zone Target entity description: The Tamayo Fracture Zone is a major transform fault and seafloor fracture zone in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico that helps accommodate plate motion between the Rivera microplate and surrounding tectonic plates.
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A.
Sovanco Fracture Zone
The Sovanco Fracture Zone is a major transform fault system in the northeast Pacific Ocean that accommodates motion between the Explorer and Juan de Fuca tectonic plates.
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B.
Owen Fracture Zone
The Owen Fracture Zone is a major transform fault system in the northwest Indian Ocean that marks part of the tectonic boundary between the Arabian and Indian plates.
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C.
Romanche Fracture Zone
The Romanche Fracture Zone is a major transform fault and deep-sea fracture zone in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean that offsets the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and hosts one of the deepest points in the Atlantic basin.
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D.
Blanco Fracture Zone
The Blanco Fracture Zone is a major transform fault and fracture zone in the northeast Pacific Ocean that offsets and separates segments of the Juan de Fuca and Pacific tectonic plates.
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E.
Riviera Fracture Zone
The Riviera Fracture Zone is a major submarine tectonic feature in the eastern Pacific Ocean that forms part of the complex plate boundary system off the coast of Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.