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What is happening at the subduction zone of Juan de five and North America?
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What is happening at the subduction of zone of the Juan de fuca and north American plates?
Plates are sliding past each other
What is happening at the subduction zone of the juan de fuca and the north American plates?
Plates are sliding past each other
What is happening at the subduction zone of Juan De Fuca and the North American Plate?
Plates are sliding past each other
What type of structure has formed where the juan de fuca plate is subduction beneath the north American plate?
trenches
Is St Helen volcano a result of a hot spot or subduction?
Mount St. Helens is a result of subduction as the Juan de Fuca Plate is pushed under the North American Plate.
Was Mount St. Helens formed along a subduction zone or a rift zone?
Mount St. Helens was formed along a subduction zone, where the Juan de Fuca Plate plate dives under (subducts) the North American plate.
What are two examples of coastal mountains created by oceanic-continental subduction?
two examples are the Juan de fuca and the north American plate.
How is lassen peak and mount shasta related to subduction?
Juan de fuca plate are being pushed under the north american plate
What are two examples of coastal mountains created by oceanic continental subduction?
two examples are the Juan de fuca and the north American plate.
How was st Helen's formed?
Mount St. Helens was formed as a result of the Juan de Fuca plate's subduction under the North American plate.
Describe what happens in subduction?
In subduction, one tectonic plate moves under another. The most explosive volcanoes erupt in the subduction zone. This type of tectonic is happening in several places around the world, such as Chile; the Nazca plate is slipping under the South American plate. This is also happening in Washington, the Juan de Fuca plate is slipping under the Morth American plate, which is why Mount Saint Helens was formed. Subduction has also occured in Alaska, Mt. Fugi Japan, Krakatua Indonesia, and Mt. Etna Italy.
How did the cascade mountains form?
The Cascade mountains were formed by a subduction zone with the Juan De Fuca plate went under the North American plate why the Juan De Fuca went under was because its more dense than the North American plate.
