0
Is the Pacific plate colliding with North American or spreading?
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
That depends on the section you are looking at. Along much of California the plates are neither colliding nor separating, but sliding past one another. Along the southern coast of Alaska, they are colliding.
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
The San Andreas Fault is a result of?
The San Andreas Fault is the result of a pacific Plate and North Plate colliding togethor.
What two plates are colliding each other in California?
The San Andreas fault forms a continuous narrow break in the Earth's crust that extends from northern California southward to Cajon Pass near San Bernardino. Southeastward from Cajon Pass several branching faults, including the San Jacinto and Banning faults, share the movement of the crustal plates. In this stretch of the fault zone, the name "San Andreas" generally is applied to the northeastern most branch.
What direction is the pacific plate moving relative to the north American plate?
north-northwest
What type of fault exists between the North American and Pacific Plate?
The North American and Pacific Plate boundary is an example of a convergent plate boundary, specifically an oceanic to continental convergent plate boundary.
What is the result of two plates of the the San Andreas fault in California?
The two plates are the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate are the plates causing the San Andreas Fault.
The San Andreas Fault is a result of?
The San Andreas Fault is the result of a pacific Plate and North Plate colliding togethor.
Is the pacific ocean on the north American plate?
no its on the pacific plate
What are the different mountain ranges and their formation?
Himalayas: Continental-continental North American Cordillera: Terrane accretion Aleutian: Oceanic-oceanic Andes: Near an active continental margin _______________________________ Himalayas: Two continents colliding Grand Tetons: Plates spreading Aleutian: Two ocean plates colliding. Andes: Near a subduction zone
What oceans is west of north and South America?
The Pacific Ocean is west of the North and South American continents.
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.
What separates the Pacific and North American Plates?
it's your fault
What two plates are colliding each other in California?
The San Andreas fault forms a continuous narrow break in the Earth's crust that extends from northern California southward to Cajon Pass near San Bernardino. Southeastward from Cajon Pass several branching faults, including the San Jacinto and Banning faults, share the movement of the crustal plates. In this stretch of the fault zone, the name "San Andreas" generally is applied to the northeastern most branch.
What direction is the pacific plate moving relative to the north American plate?
north-northwest
What two tectonic plates created the pacific ranges?
hahahahahthe north American plate and the pacific platehahahahah
Which north America countries border the pacific ocean?
The North American countries that border the Pacific Ocean are Canada, the United states and Mexico. The Pacific Ocean borders the western part of the United States.
What oceans surrounds the north American continent?
Atlantic and pacific ocean
What two plates does California border?
Pacific and North American Plate
