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The three tectonic plates that affect California's geology are the North American plate, the Pacific plate and the Gorda plate (which is sometimes referred to as the souther portion of the Juan de Fuca plate).
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoThey affect California because California is on a very big fault line, the San Andreas fault line, separting the Northa American and Pacific Plates, which means California is constantly being affected by earthquakes. Such as lowering the state's property values, or rising them. It might affect how much your house insurance is too. Northern California is also affected by the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a convergent plate boundary. This too is responsible for a number of earthquakes, and has led tot he formation of several volcanoes. A now-gone plate boundary is responisble for the formation of the Sierra Nevada and California's Central Valley.
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∙ 9y agoThe three plates that can affect California's geology is the Pacific Plate, the North American Plate, and the Juan de Fuca Plate.
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∙ 13y agowell they all ways dodo
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∙ 10y agorift zone, mountains, faults
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∙ 10y agoi dont no that so.............
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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.
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
Tectonic plates
How did the movement of tectonic plates affect the landforms of south Asia?
use google
What is the difference between Continental plates and Tectonic plates?
Continental plates are tectonic plates. They are tectonic plates upon which continents rest, and they move as do all tectonic plates. Basically, there is no difference, other than the fact that oceanic plates are another type of tectonic plate.
How is a mountain formed by colliding continental plates?
In theory, tectonic plates. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
How do tectonic plates affect caves?
it made them
How do covergent boundary plates affect earths surface?
The tectonic plates combined together
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.
How do convection cells affect the crust above it?
It will move the tectonic plates
Do earthquakes affect the earth?
It's a shift in the Earth's tectonic plates.
What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
How does plates affect the surface of the surface?
when tectonic plate collides with other tectonic plates or moves into another tectonic plate it affects surface in a way to create mountains. Like Himalayas are created when the indian tectonic plate collided with asian tectonic plate.
The lithosphere is broken up into sections called?
Tectonic plates
How does a convection cell affect the crust material above it?
It will move the tectonic plates
How do convection cells affect the crust material above it?
It will move the tectonic plates
