Gulf of California: A Result of Ocean-Floor Spreading and Transform Faulting

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-cre...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1968-08, Vol.161 (3843), p.781-784
Hauptverfasser:	Larson, Roger L., Menard, H. W., Smith, S. M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bathymetry Geology Gulfs Oceanography Transform faults
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