Gorda Ridge

Gorda Ridge

The Gorda Ridge is a tectonic spreading center located off the coast of Oregon and northern California north of Cape Mendocino. It runs from a triple junction with the San Andreas Fault and the Mendocino Fracture Zone northward to another transform boundary, the Blanco Fracture Zone. To its east is the Gorda Plate, which together with the Juan de Fuca Plate to its north, is what remains of the once-vast Farallon Plate which has been largely subducted under the North American Plate. To its west is the Pacific Plate.

ee also

*Juan de Fuca Ridge
*Explorer Ridge

External links

* [http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/geo_history_wa/Cascade%20Episode.htm Cascadia tectonic history]
* [http://www.greatdreams.com/gorda.htm Gorda Ridge]
* [http://deeptow.whoi.edu/jdf.html Juan de Fuca & Gorda Ridges]


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