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Describe the relative motion between the north American plate and the pacific plate?
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∙ 11y ago
The Pacific Plate is currently being subducted under the North American Plate. Subduction zones are when one plate is being forced under another at a convergent boundary (where two plates collide). When the Pacific Plate is being subducted under the North American Plate, the crust of the Pacific Plate melts, and creates volcanoes along the edge of the North American Plate. So, the relative motion of the two plates is that they are converging, or moving together.
This same process is happening at the South American and Nazca Plates.
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∙ 15y agoThe North American Plate is moving in a slightly northwesterly direction.
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The fault between the North American plate and the Pacific plate is the San Andreas Fault.
What is a name of a plate between the Pacific and South American plates?
it is nazca plate
What is the boundary between the north American and pacific plates?
San Andreas Fault.
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west
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What fault is located between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate?
The fault between the North American plate and the Pacific plate is the San Andreas Fault.
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Gulf of mexico and pacific ocean
What direction is the pacific plate moving relative to the north American plate?
north-northwest
What ocean is located between Asia and North American?
Pacific Ocean
Why is the west coast of the US called pacific hinge?
the key interface between the north American realm and pacific rim
What marks the boundary between the Pacific and North American Plates?
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What is a name of a plate between the Pacific and South American plates?
it is nazca plate
What is the name of a plate between the pacific and south American plate?
it is nazca plate
What marks the boundary between the pacific and North American plate?
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