Nootka Fault

Nootka Fault
The Nootka Fault, upper left

The Nootka Fault is an active transform fault running southwest from Nootka Island, near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Geology

The Nootka Fault lies between the Explorer Plate in the north and Juan de Fuca Plate in south. These are remnants of the once vast Farallon Plate. The fault is at the triple junction of the North American, Explorer, and Juan de Fuca plates.

Undersea volcano

Near the Nootka Fault is an active undersea mud volcano named Maquinna.[1]

References

  1. ^ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001AGUFMOS12B0428R Discovery of an Active Submarine Mud Volcano Along the Nootka Fault West of Vancouver Island, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001