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What is the name of the part of the plate boundary that passes through California?
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∙ 12y ago
actually it is not a plate boundary it is a fault a strike slip fault -les bois student014
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What is the name of the famous fault boundary that passes through California?
Pacific Plate and North American Plate.
What is an example of a volcano on a diverging plate boundary?
The Bárðarbunga volcano in Iceland (currently erupting) is an example. A diverging plate boundary passes through the island of Iceland.
Why does New York not have earthquakes like California?
California is on a tectonic plate boundary. When the plates move past each other, an earthquake happens. There is no boundary running through New York.
What type of plate boundary closest to fresnocalifornia?
what type of plate boundary is closest to fresno,california
What are the two tectonics plates in California?
The Southern part of California is on the Pacific plate and the Northern part of California is on the North American plate.
What type of plate boundary is California?
The Pacific plate is on the left and The North American plate is on the right. The Pacific plate is moving in a northwesterly direction while the North American plate is moving Southwest This is a conservative plate boundary where pressure is being built up and at any point one plate can jerk and release all this energy in the form of shockwaves.
What plate boundary are you closest to?
Me, personally? I live near Sacramento, California, USA, and the nearest plate boundary is about 100 miles to the west, the boundary between the North American plate and the Pacific.
What type of plate boundary is foud where the gorda plate meets the north american plate?
The boundary between the Gorda plate and the North American Plate is a transform boundary. Transform boundaries that lie at near land are the most destructive, which is the case in Southern California, which is close to this plate boundary.
In what way is the plate boundary along the coast of California different from the plate boundary along the west coast of South America?
California is a slip fault and Chile is a thrust fault.
Why does California is always attacked by earthquakes?
Because it is on a plate boundary.
How long is the California plate boundary?
225 million years
What plate boundary is the boundary at which plates collide or come together?
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