Gloria Fault

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The Gloria Fault is a major transform fault in the North Atlantic Ocean that forms part of the boundary between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates near the Azores region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gloria Fault canonical 2
Gloria Fault region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf strike-slip fault
transform fault
associatedWith Azores Triple Junction
seismic activity
displacementType horizontal displacement
faultType oceanic transform fault
geologicalFeatureOf Atlantic Ocean floor
geologicalSetting intraplate oceanic crust
locatedBetween Azores–Gibraltar region
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
locatedIn North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: Atlantic Ocean

eastern North Atlantic
locatedOffCoastOf Iberian Peninsula
Morocco
movementType strike-slip
namedAfter Gloria (oceanographic name context)
near Azores region
linked to: Azores
orientation east–west trending
partOf Azores–Gibraltar Transform Fault system
North Atlantic plate boundary system
plate boundary between Eurasian Plate and African Plate
plate boundary zone between Eurasia and Africa in the North Atlantic
region North Atlantic plate boundary
relativeMotion right-lateral strike-slip
separates African Plate
Eurasian Plate
tectonicPlateBoundaryBetween African Plate
Eurasian Plate
tectonicRole accommodates relative motion between Eurasian and African plates

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Terceira Rift near Gloria Fault
Azores Plateau boundedBy Gloria Fault region
linked to: Gloria Fault