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What type of plate boundary occurs along the west part of California?
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San Andreas Fault. The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike-slip (horizontal). By Donovan Lopez
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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.
What type of volcano occurs along a convergant plate boundary?
a Composite Volcano.
Does Terrane accretion generally occurs along a divergent boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate?
false
What kind of plate boundary occurs in California?
California is a transform plate boundary. That means it is a convergent boundary that is strike-slipping past each plate to release pressure. Near San Francisco area, there is a portion of the Juan De Fuca plate which is subducting under the North American Plate. It has almost completed a total subduction
What type of plate boundary does shearing occur?
It Occurs at a transform 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.
What type of volcano occurs along a convergant plate boundary?
a Composite Volcano.
Does Terrane accretion generally occurs along a divergent boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate?
false
What type of plate boundary is California coastline?
The plate boundary that is found along the coast of California is the San Andreas fault system that runs in a northwest- southwest direction I think that's the answer
What is happening in Earth's crust along the fault to cause California to be so prone to earthquakes?
California in on a plate boundary where the Pacific plate and the North American plate are moving along side each other.
What kind of plate boundary occurs in California?
California is a transform plate boundary. That means it is a convergent boundary that is strike-slipping past each plate to release pressure. Near San Francisco area, there is a portion of the Juan De Fuca plate which is subducting under the North American Plate. It has almost completed a total subduction
What type of plate boundary occurs between the Nazca and South American Plate?
It is a convergent/destructive plate boundary.
What is the type of movement that occurs at each type of plate boundary?
each plate boundary has a different boundaries. if you want the movement for a specific plate boundary, write the name of the plate boundary. :]
What type of plate movement occurs at a transform plate boundary?
Divergent Boundary - Slides apart.Convergent Boundary - Collides.Transform Boundary - Slips past.
What type of plate boundary does shearing occur?
It Occurs at a transform boundary
What type of plate boundary occurs between the Philippine plate and the Pacific plate?
it does not lie on a plte boundary but near the pacific plate
What type of plate boundary closest to fresnocalifornia?
what type of plate boundary is closest to fresno,california
