Morón Fault System

The Morón Fault System or Morón Fault Zone (Spanish: Falla Morón) is a complex of geological faults located in northern Venezuela and the adjacent Caribbean Sea. The fault system is of right-lateral strike-slip. The fault forms part of the diffuse boundary between the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates.[1][2] The existence of this fault was hypothesized as early as 1888.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Schubert, Carlos; Krause, F.F. (1984). "Móron Fault Zone, north-central Venezuelan borderland: Identification, definition, and neotectonic character". Marine Geophysical Researches. 6: 257–273.
  2. ↑ Audemard M., Franck A.; Singer P., André (1996). "Active fault recognition in northwestern Venezuela and its seismogenic characterization: Neotectonic and paleoseismic approach". Geofísica Internacional. 35 (3): 245–255.


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