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.

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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

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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