- Sovanco Fracture Zone
The Sovanco Fracture Zone is a right lateral-moving
transform fault and associatedfracture zone located offshore ofVancouver Island inCanada . It runs between the northern end of theJuan de Fuca Ridge and the southern end of theExplorer Ridge , forming part of the boundary between thePacific Plate and theExplorer Plate . To its west lies theExplorer Seamount .References
* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986GeoRL..13..995C]
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