The Tamayo Fault is a major right lateral-moving transform fault located on the seabed at the mouth of the Gulf of California. The fault is the southernmost transform in the

Gulf of California Rift Zone The Gulf of California Rift Zone (GCRZ) is the northernmost extension of the East Pacific Rise which extends some from the mouth of the Gulf of California to the southern terminus of the San Andreas Fault at the Salton Sink. The GCRZ is an incipi ...

. The fault links the

Rivera Ridge Rivera () is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, which is only a street away from it, at the north end of Route 5. Together, they form an urban area of aro ...

segment of the East Pacific Rise in the south with the

Alarcon Basin The Alarcon Basin is a submarine depression located on the seabed at the southern end of the Gulf of California. The basin results from the activity of the southernmost spreading center in the Gulf. This spreading center has also produced the so ...

in the north.

References

''The Tamayo transform fault in the mouth of the Gulf of California'', Kastens et al (1979)

''Tectonics at the Intersection of the East Pacific Rise with Tamayo Transform Fault'', Gallo et al (1983)
Geology of Mexico Strike-slip faults Gulf of California Seismic faults of Mexico