Guaymas Basin

The Guaymas Basin is a submarine depression located on the seabed in the central area of the Gulf of California. It is the largest such basin in the Gulf. The basin results from the activity of one of the several spreading centers in the Gulf. The basin is linked to the Carmen Fault to the south, and the Guaymas Fault to the north. The Guaymas seafloor has high heat flow, hydrothermal plumes, hydrocarbon seeps, hydrocarbon plumes, and hot springs.

References

Merewether, R., Olsson, M., Lonsdale, P. (1985). “Acoustically Detected Hydrocarbon Plumes Rising from 2-km Depths in Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California” JGR 90(B4):3075-3085 DOI: 10.1029/JB090iB04p03075

Williams,D., Becker, K., Lawver,L., Von Herzen,R.(1979), “Heat flow at the spreading centers of the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California”, JGR 84 (B12):6757–6769

Tectonic plates of Central America (Pacific Plate-North American Plate-Caribbean Plate Convergence Zone)

Large	Cocos Plate Nazca Plate

Small	Rivera Plate

Faults and rift zones	Atl Fault Atoyac Fault Ballenas Fault Carmen Fault Cerro Prieto Fault Chapala Tula Fault Zone Donaji Fault Guaymas Fault Gulf of California Rift Zone Farallon Fault Imperial Fault Zone Oaxaca Fault Pedro Miguel Fault Pescadero Fault Rivera Transform Fault Polochic Fault - Motagua Fault San Lorenzo Fault Tamayo Fault

Trenches and troughs	Alarcon Basin Carmen Basin Consag Basin Delfin Basin Guaymas Basin Middle America Trench(Acapulco/Guatemala) San Pedro Martir Basin Tehuantepec Ridge Wagner Basin

Other	Rivera Triple Junction List of faults in Costa Rica List of seismic faults in Mexico