Possible Continental Continuation of the Mendocino Fracture Zone

31 August 1962

journal article
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Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 137 (3531) , 685-686
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.137.3531.685

Abstract

The Mendocino fracture zone may continue through or below North America near 40 degrees N latitude. This is suggested by instances of left-lateral movement, location of basin deeps, sedimentation patterns, interruption of a major magnetic anomaly, and inflection of major structural trends. A major segmentation of middle North America results.

Keywords

FRACTURE ZONE
MENDOCINO FRACTURE
STRUCTURAL TRENDS
MAJOR STRUCTURAL
MIDDLE NORTH
MAJOR SEGMENTATION
MAGNETIC ANOMALY

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The East Pacific Rise
Scientific American, 1961
DEFORMATION OF THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC BASIN AND THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA
GSA Bulletin, 1955