Why did the Southern Gulf of California rupture so rapidly?-Oblique divergence across hot, weak lithosphere along a tectonically active margin

Keyphrases

• Divergence 100%
• Gulf of California 100%
• Rift 100%
• Active Margin 100%
• Divergent Plate Boundaries 40%
• Seafloor Spreading 40%
• Terranes 40%
• Baja California 40%
• Plate Motions 20%
• Orogen 20%
• Rifting 20%
• Continental Lithosphere 20%
• Pull-apart Basin 20%
• Strike-slip Fault 20%
• Baja California Peninsula 20%
• Long-lived 20%
• Dominant Role 20%
• Batholith 20%
• Long Distance 20%
• Continental Block 20%
• Geologic Time 20%
• Volcanic Arc 20%
• En Echelon 20%
• High Strain Rate 20%
• Active Tectonics 20%
• Continental Sliver 20%
• Closed Rupture 20%
• Marginal Sea 20%
• Slab Window 20%
• Crustal Thinning 20%

Earth and Planetary Sciences

• California 100%
• Lithosphere 100%
• Active Margin 100%
• Lower California (Mexico) 75%
• Microplate 75%
• Plate Boundary 50%
• Sea Floor Spreading 50%
• Terrane 50%
• Tectonics 25%
• Plate Motion 25%
• Rifting 25%
• Continental Lithosphere 25%
• Pull Apart Basin 25%
• Batholith 25%
• Volcanic Arc 25%
• Crustal Thinning 25%
• Continental Interior 25%
• Strain Rate 25%
• Marginal Sea 25%