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I'm not sure but I think it's the Pacific and North American Plates
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How did the mountain Sierra Nevada form?
Pacific and Northern plates crashed against each other and cause the sierra Nevada mountains form
How did sierra Nevada mountains formed?
Pacific and Northern plates crashed against each other and cause the sierra Nevada mountains form
How did the Sierra Nevada Range form?
Where tectonic plates collide, the intervening crust can be folded or pushed up to form mountains. In the case of the Sierra Nevada, an ancient collision forced magma from an oceanic plate beneath the western part of North America. After millions of years, erosion and glaciation has exposed these underground rocks, or plutons, which form the bases of the mountains of the range.
What plates are causing the arenal volcano to form?
what plates are causing the arenal volcano to from
What two plates are causing volcanoes to form?
what plate are causing your to to form
What plates are causing mtfuji to form?
The tectonic plates of course
What plates are causing mauna kea to form?
Tectonic Plates
What hills are east of Fresno and form the boundaries of the western edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains?
sierra foothills
Why do desert areas exist in the southwestern US?
The Sierra Nevada Mountains form a boundary that prevents Pacific moisture from moving inland, causing a rain shadow desert area.
What plates are causing Stromboli the volcano to from?
what palates are causing stramboli volcano to form
What plates are causing Mount st. helens to form?
which plate is causing mt. st. Helens to form
What plates are causing mt usu to form?
It is Eurasian .
