Gulf of California Rift Zone
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title:
Gulf of California Rift Zone
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The Gulf of California Rift Zone (GCRZ) is the northernmost extension of the East Pacific Rise which extends some 1,300 km (800 mi) from the mouth of the Gulf of California to the southern terminus of the San Andreas Fault at the Salton Sink. The GCRZ is an incipient rift zone akin to the Red Sea Rift. In the GCRZ continental crust originally associated with the North American Plate has been pulled apart by tectonic forces and is being replaced by newly formed oceanic crust and seafloor spreadin
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Northernmost extension of the East Pacific Rise
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_California_Rift_Zone
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2022-01-27T23:49:37Z
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