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. The existence of this fault was hypothesized as early as 1888.
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- ^ Schubert, Carlos; Krause, F.F. (1984). "Móron Fault Zone, north-central Venezuelan borderland: Identification, definition, and neotectonic character". Marine Geophysical Researches. 6 (3): 257–273. Bibcode:1984MarGR...6..257S. doi:10.1007/BF00286529. S2CID 129434085.
- 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. Bibcode:1996GeofI..35..245A. doi:10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1996.35.3.460.
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