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Where is oceanic crust pulled down into the mantle?
It is pulled down along a fault line where two tectonic plates meet. If you are looking for a location there is a fault line right off the coast of california.
Which of the two plates meet along the west coast of the US?
the plate off the west coast of south america.
An earthquake zone is likely to be along?
An earthquake zone is likely to be along fault lines or where two or more tectonic plates meet or a chain of volcanoes parallel to a continental coast.
Earthquake zone is likely to be on?
An earthquake zone is likely to be on a fault-line. A fault-line is defined as the area underground where two tectonic plates meet or overlap.
What two plates are colliding each other in California?
The San Andreas fault forms a continuous narrow break in the Earth's crust that extends from northern California southward to Cajon Pass near San Bernardino. Southeastward from Cajon Pass several branching faults, including the San Jacinto and Banning faults, share the movement of the crustal plates. In this stretch of the fault zone, the name "San Andreas" generally is applied to the northeastern most branch.
Where two of the earth's plates meet in California movement of these plates can cause and earthquake?
The San-Andreas fault line.
Where two plates meet , this is called a?
Places, where plates meet, are called plate boundaries. There are seven significant plates along with countless minor plates. You can see that a plate can be made of both oceanic crust and continental crust. Interactions between the plates change our planet.
What two plates meet up in southern California to form a plate boundary?
it doesnt
Will California break off from US?
No. The western portion of California is moving northwest and the eastern portion is moving southeast. They are "slipping" relative to one another along the separation line which is the San Andreas Fault. They are not moving apart, but sliding along the shared edge of the two tectonic plates that meet in California.
Why is there a lot of volcanic activity and earthquake epicenters on the coast?
Because that is where the two tectonic plates meet and either slip and slide or collide.
Are northern plates are moving in same directions to meet in California?
The North American and Pacific plates are sliding past each other in a more or less north-south direction.
What geologic formations would probably be found along the boundary where two tectonic plates meet?
Faultlines, Volcanoes, or Sinkholes
