41 Recent Advances in the Gulf of California Oblique Rift: Offshore and Onshore Studies // Avances Recientes en el Rift Oblicuo del Golfo de California: Estudios Marinos y Terrestres (Part III)

This session highlights recent research on the Gulf of California–Salton Trough plate boundary from ~12 Ma to today. We welcome terrestrial and marine studies involving tectonics, basin analysis, volcanology, sedimentology, and more. English or Spanish.

Friday, 24 April 2026
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
LMH, Fiesta Terrace Salon

Participants

• Chair Adriana Piña
• Chair Scott Bennett
• Chair Florian Neumann
• Chair Ivan Peña-Villa
• Chair Karina Fuentes-Bustillos

Presentations

• 1:55 PM
  How does the cumulative interaction of diverse faulting mechanisms shape the long-term tectonic evolution of the Gulf of California? The Yuha Desert case of study
  Anjuly Astarte Jasso Lara, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California and John Fletcher, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California and Thomas Rockwell, San Diego State University, San Diego, California and Christophe Pascal, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Renania del Norte- Westfalia and Antonio González Fernández, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California and Claudio Inguaggiato, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California
  410814 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  Vertical Coseismic Slip and Structural Analysis of the Central Laguna Salada Fault, Sierra Cucapá, Baja California.
  Ivan Peña-Villa, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California and John Fletcher, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California and Jaziel Cambrón-Rosas, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California and Iris Gauna-Sauceda, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California
  410813 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  Deciphering the origin of fumarolic fluids associated with the Pescadores fault, Sierra Cucapah, Baja California (Mexico)
  Ivan Barea-Perez, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California and Claudio Inguaggiato, Departamento de Geología, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California and Loic Peiffer, Departamento de Geología, Unidad La Paz, Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE), La Paz, Baja California and John Fletcher, Departamento de Geología, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico and Franco Tassi, Dipartimento Scienze della Terra Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy. , Firenze and Agnes Mazot, GNS Science, Natural Hazards/Volcanology, Taupo
  411016 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  Thermal fluids associated with fault systems near Ensenada city (Baja California, México): helium origin and geothermal exploration
  Claudio Inguaggiato, Departamento de Geología, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California and Loic Peiffer, Departamento de Geología, Unidad La Paz, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE), La Paz, Baja California Sur and Daniel Carbajal, Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo
  410808 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:55 PM
  Seismicity Near The San Quintín Volcanic Field - Baja California, From November 2022 To Early 2025: Source Parameters, Moment Tensors, And Cluster Analysis
  Luis Yegres, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (UABC), Ensenada, Baja California and Oscar Castro, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California and Usama Yarbuh, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California and Carlos Reinoza, CICESE , Ensenada, Baja California and Ronald Spelz, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California
  410981 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  A Strike-Slip Earthquake that shouldn’t have made a Tsunami? The 1810 Loreto, Baja California, Event
  María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico City and Néstor Corona, El Colegio de Michoacán A.C, La Piedad, Michoacán and Rocío Castillo-Aja, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco
  410781 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:40 PM
  Age and structure of Pliocene volcanic and marine sedimentary strata, Southeastern Isla Ángel de la Guarda, Gulf of California, Mexico
  Leah Sabbeth, California Geological Survey, Los Angeles, California and Joann Stock, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Scott Bennett, United States Geological Survey, Portland, OR and Mark Stelten, U.S. Geological Survey, California Volcano Observatory, Moffett Field, CA and Seulgi Moon, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA and Nathan Brown, University of Texas, Arlington, TX and Justin Higa, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa , Honolulu, HI
  410788 (Technical Sessions)