Rivera microplate

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The Rivera microplate is a small tectonic plate off the west coast of Mexico, bounded by major fault zones and spreading centers where it interacts with the Pacific and North American plates.

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Label Occurrences
Rivera microplate canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lithospheric plate ⓘ
tectonic microplate ⓘ
approximateArea ~100000 square kilometers ⓘ
associatedWith Colima Rift ⓘ
Colima Volcanic Complex ⓘ
linked to: Colima Volcano

Jalisco Block ⓘ
boundedBy Cocos Plate ⓘ
East Pacific Rise ⓘ
Middle America Trench ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
Rivera Fracture Zone ⓘ
Rivera Transform Fault ⓘ
Tamayo Fracture Zone ⓘ
causes earthquakes off the coast of western Mexico ⓘ
hasBoundaryType spreading ridge ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
transform fault ⓘ
interactsWith Cocos Plate ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedNear Manzanillo, Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Manzanillo

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Puerto Vallarta
locatedOffCoastOf Colima, Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Colima City

Jalisco, Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Jalisco

west coast of Mexico ⓘ
motionType northwestward ⓘ
namedAfter Rivera Fracture Zone ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ocean basin ⓘ
Rivera Plate–Cocos Plate–Pacific Plate triple junction region ⓘ
plateType oceanic plate ⓘ
relativeMotionToCocosPlate divergent ⓘ
relativeMotionToNorthAmericanPlate convergent ⓘ
relativeMotionToPacificPlate divergent ⓘ
separatedFrom Cocos Plate ⓘ
separationMechanism seafloor spreading ⓘ
spreadingCenter East Pacific Rise ⓘ
Rivera Rise ⓘ
studiedIn marine geophysics ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
subductionZone Rivera segment of the Middle America Trench ⓘ
subductsBeneath North American Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting oceanic-continental plate boundary ⓘ
oceanic-oceanic plate boundary ⓘ
subduction zone margin ⓘ

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

Rivera Transform Fault Zone → relatedTo → Rivera microplate ⓘ