Nootka Fault
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The Nootka Fault, upper left

The Nootka Fault is an active transform fault located off Nootka Island, near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Geology

The Nootka Fault is north of the Juan de Fuca Plate, a remnant of the once vast Farallon Plate. It is at the triple junction of the North American Plate, the Explorer Plate, and the Juan de Fuca.

Undersea volcano

Near the Nootka Fault is an active undersea mud volcano named Maquinna.1

References

  1. ^ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001AGUFMOS12B0428R Discovery of an Active Submarine Mud Volcano Along the Nootka Fault West of Vancouver Island, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001
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