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Gulf of California: A Result of Ocean-Floor Spreading and Transform Faulting
Abstract
Ocean-floor spreading tore southern Baja California from mainland Mexico 4 million years ago and has subsequently rafted it 260 kilometers to the northwest along the Tamayo Fracture Zone. Magnetic-anomaly profiles indicate spreading at the mouth of the gulf at 3.0 centimeters per year and a rise-crest offset of 75 kilometers inside the gulf across the Tamayo Fracture Zone.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Larson, R. L., Menard, H. W., & Smith, S. M.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1968-08-23
- Volume
- 161
- Issue
- 3843
- Pages
- 781-784
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2080888474
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- 262
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- 0
- FWCI
- 12.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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