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How do the Juan de Fuca Gorda and Pacific tectonic plates influence the geology of the Pacific Coast states?
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How many tectonic plates are under the Pacific Ocean?
one plate, the pacific plate
What is the name of the tectonic plates that lie near Samoa?
Pacific plate is the answer.
Why are tectonic plates considered to be a unifying theory?
it unified many of the previously isolated concepts of geology into a single theory
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
What tectonic plates caused the March 2011 Japan earthquake?
The Indian and burma plates hit Indonesia on October 25.
What are the names of the 2 tectonic plates on which New Zealand is located?
New Zealand is situated on the active boundary of the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates.
What type of tectonic plates make a volcano?
pacific and atlantic plates
How is a mountain formed by colliding continental plates?
In theory, tectonic plates. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
What tectonic plates make Kilimanjaro?
pacific plate
How many tectonic plates are under the Pacific Ocean?
one plate, the pacific plate
What tectonic plates were involved in the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989?
The Pacific and North American plates.
What kind of tectonic plates associate with the Tonga Trench?
Pacific Plate
What is the name of the tectonic plates that lie near Samoa?
Pacific plate is the answer.
What are the 4 tectonic palates that cover japans island?
The Japanese Islands are a part of four tectonic plates. These plates are the North American plate, the Eurasia, the Pacific, and the Philippine sea plates.
What two tectonic plates created the pacific ranges?
hahahahahthe north American plate and the pacific platehahahahah
Why does the Pacific Ocean have some of the largest waves?
because the pacific ocean is right on top of the tectonic plates
How many tectonic plates are under new zealand?
Two Australian and Pacific
