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What type of plate boundary is Canada on?
Canada is on the North American plate, the eastern part of this plate extends to the mid-Atlantic ridge, however this is far from Canada. The western coast of Canada is a subduction zone for the most part with a small amount of the Queen Charolette fault towards the north. The subduction zone is called the Cascadia subduction zone.
What is the tectonic setting of Mount Rainier?
Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano a few hundred kilometers inland of the subduction zone between the Juan de Fuca and North American tectonic plates.
What type of boundary does not include a subduction zone?
A couple different types... A strike-slip fault (either right lateral or left lateral) like the San Andreas fault in California. This type of fault moves horizontally. A divergent zone is where two plates are moving away from one another, like the mid Atlantic ridge.
Is mount Cleveland a subduction zone?
Moun Cleveland formed as a result of a subduction zone, but is not a subduction zone in and of itself. A subduction zone is a feature that forms volcanoes, not a kind of volcano.
What does not happen near a subduction zone?
anything can happen at a subduction zone
How the formation of lassen peak and mount shasta are related to subduction?
They are both found along the Cascadia subduction zone
What type of plate boundary is Canada on?
Canada is on the North American plate, the eastern part of this plate extends to the mid-Atlantic ridge, however this is far from Canada. The western coast of Canada is a subduction zone for the most part with a small amount of the Queen Charolette fault towards the north. The subduction zone is called the Cascadia subduction zone.
What is the difference between a transform fault and the subduction zone?
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What type of fault generally occurs at a convergent boundary?
A subduction zone forms
What is a geographical subduction zone?
A geographical subduction zone is a fault line where two plates move towards each other. The more dense plate gets pushed under the other; this is called subduction.
What is the tectonic setting of Mount Rainier?
Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano a few hundred kilometers inland of the subduction zone between the Juan de Fuca and North American tectonic plates.
Which city is in greater danger of being hit with a 9.0 magnitude earthquake San Francisco or Seattle?
Seattle is located very close to the Cascadia subduction zone, where earthquakes of magnitude 9.0 have occurred in the past. The San Andreas fault which bypasses San Francisco, is not capable of such an earthquake due to it being a transform fault, where the maximum magnitude would be about 7.8-8.0.
What type of boundary does not include a subduction zone?
A couple different types... A strike-slip fault (either right lateral or left lateral) like the San Andreas fault in California. This type of fault moves horizontally. A divergent zone is where two plates are moving away from one another, like the mid Atlantic ridge.
Is mount Cleveland a subduction zone?
Moun Cleveland formed as a result of a subduction zone, but is not a subduction zone in and of itself. A subduction zone is a feature that forms volcanoes, not a kind of volcano.
What does not happen near a subduction zone?
anything can happen at a subduction zone
Why are there a pontential for large earthquakes off the coast of the Pacific Northwest?
Because of the Cascadian subduction zone. Since this zone is a very long sloping fault going from Northern Vancouver Island, Canada to Sacramento, California, it can produce very large earthquakes, since earthquake size is proportional to fault size. Search Cascadian Subduction Zone for more information....
Is there any news about tsunami in the future?
Only that it is inevitable that there will be tsunamis in the future. One risk area is the Cascadia subduction zone of the northern Pacific coast of the U.S., which has a strong chanced of producing a major earthquake and tsunami.
