California Borderland region

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The California Borderland region is a complex offshore and coastal area of Southern California and northern Baja California characterized by faulted basins, uplifted ridges, and active tectonics along the Pacific–North America plate boundary.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental borderland ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
tectonic province ⓘ
adjacentTo California coast ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
characterizedBy active tectonics ⓘ
faulted basins ⓘ
uplifted ridges ⓘ
contains Catalina Basin ⓘ
Catalina Ridge ⓘ
Continental Borderland basins ⓘ
Coronado Bank region ⓘ
linked to: Discovery Bank

Inner Borderland ⓘ
Los Angeles Basin offshore extensions ⓘ
Outer Borderland ⓘ
San Clemente Ridge ⓘ
San Nicolas Basin ⓘ
linked to: San Pedro Basin

San Pedro Basin ⓘ
Santa Cruz Basin ⓘ
Santa Monica Basin ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles Basin

continental shelf areas ⓘ
continental slope areas ⓘ
submarine basins ⓘ
submarine ridges ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
crossedBy Elsinore Fault offshore segments ⓘ
linked to: Elsinore Fault Zone

Newport–Inglewood–Rose Canyon fault zone ⓘ
Palos Verdes Fault ⓘ
San Clemente Fault ⓘ
San Diego Trough Fault ⓘ
linked to: San Clemente Fault
extendsFrom central California coast ⓘ
extendsTo northern Baja California coast ⓘ
formedBy oblique Pacific–North America plate motion ⓘ
geologicHistory Cenozoic extension and transtension ⓘ
Miocene to recent deformation ⓘ
influences Southern California coastal morphology ⓘ
regional ocean circulation patterns ⓘ
knownFor complex fault architecture ⓘ
high seismic hazard near populated coasts ⓘ
locatedIn northern Baja California ⓘ
offshore Southern California ⓘ
partOf Pacific–North America plate boundary zone ⓘ
relatedTo San Andreas Fault system ⓘ
linked to: San Andreas Fault
seafloorDepthRange shallow shelf to deep basins over 2000 meters ⓘ
studiedBy marine geologists ⓘ
seismologists ⓘ
tectonicSetting transform plate boundary ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Peninsular Ranges Batholith → region → California Borderland region ⓘ
Vail Peak → geologicalContext → California Continental Borderland ⓘ
linked to: California Borderland region
Elsinore Fault Zone → geologicProvince → California Borderland and Peninsular Ranges region ⓘ
linked to: California Borderland region
Spanish Frontier World → hasKeyRegion → California borderlands ⓘ
linked to: California Borderland region