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What type of structure has formed where the juan de fuca plate is subducting beneath the north American plate?
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∙ 13y ago
There was an earthquake about 500 years ago that caused a tsunami that hit the coast of Japan, according to my Geology professor at Pierce College in Puyallup, WA.
The earthquake was about 9.0 on the richtor scale, and hit in the fall of 1700, as recorded in Japan.
Generally, what happens at that subduction zone is the Juan De Fuca, the last reminent of the Ferallon plate, is subducting under the North American plate due to collision, creating the orogenic belt.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoA subductional plate boundary is a boundary where two plates of are colliding, and one plate subducts, or goes underneath, the other. This happens because the plates have different densities, and the denser one subducts when they collide. If two plates that are colliding have the same densities, they will push upward, forming mountain ranges like the Himalayas.
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∙ 9y agoIt created mountains on the west coast of Canada which is known today as Rocky mountains in British Columbia
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∙ 12y agoBecause the Juan de Fuca plate has dense oceanic crust so it's being subducted beneath the north American plate's continental crust, which is less dense compared to oceanic crust.
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∙ 8y agoPlates are sliding past each other
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∙ 13y agotrenches
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What type of structure has formed where Juan De fuca plate is subducting beneath the North American plate?
trenches
What type of structure has formed where the juan de fuca plate is subduction beneath the north American plate?
trenches
What type of structure has formed where the Jaun de Fuca plate is subducting beneath the North American plate?
The Nazca Plate and the South American Plate are colliding. Because oceanic plates like the Nazca are more dense than continental plates, they are forced below the continental plate and subduct, or flow downward into the mantle at varying degrees of descent from the area of collision!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A series of volcanic islands formed by an older oceanic plate subducting under a newer oceanic plate.
Was mt etna formed?
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Does the subducting plate appear to be continuous or discontinuous?
It appears to be continuous because it is a cycle. Old plate is subducted, but new plates are formed.
