Blanco Transform

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The Blanco Transform is a major right-lateral transform fault segment of the plate boundary between the Juan de Fuca and Pacific Plates off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Blanco Transform canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plate boundary segment ⓘ
transform fault ⓘ
associatedWith Cascadia subduction zone ⓘ
Gorda Ridge ⓘ
Juan de Fuca Ridge ⓘ
connectsTo Cascadia subduction zone ⓘ
Gorda Ridge ⓘ
Juan de Fuca Ridge ⓘ
countryOffshoreFrom United States ⓘ
displacementType horizontal ⓘ
hazardType seismic ⓘ
isSubparallelTo Blanco Fracture Zone ⓘ
locatedIn northeast Pacific Ocean ⓘ
marginType active continental margin ⓘ
motionSense dextral ⓘ
namedAfter Blanco Fracture Zone ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Juan de Fuca–Pacific plate boundary ⓘ
linked to: Juan de Fuca Ridge
plateBoundaryBetween Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
plateBoundaryType transform ⓘ
region off the coast of Oregon ⓘ
off the coast of northern California ⓘ
relativeMotionType right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ
seafloorFeatureType fracture zone ⓘ
tectonicEnvironment oceanic-oceanic plate boundary ⓘ
tectonicPlate1 Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
tectonicPlate2 Pacific Plate ⓘ
tectonicRole accommodates differential motion between Juan de Fuca and Pacific Plates ⓘ
links spreading centers and subduction zone in Cascadia region ⓘ
tectonicSetting offshore Pacific Northwest ⓘ

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

Blanco Fracture Zone → namedAfter → Blanco Transform ⓘ