Mendocino Fracture Zone
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Mendocino Fracture Zone
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The Mendocino Fracture Zone is a fracture zone and transform boundary over 4000 km long, starting off the coast of Cape Mendocino in far northern California. It runs westward from a triple junction with the San Andreas Fault and the Cascadia subduction zone to the southern end of the Gorda Ridge. It continues on west of its junction with the Gorda Ridge, as an inactive remnant section which extends for several hundred miles. Technically, a fracture zone is not a transform fault, but in the case
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Geologic fracture zone and transform boundary near northern California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendocino_Fracture_Zone
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2021-06-08T01:24:53Z
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