Juan De Fuca Plate
An oceanic plate being subducted under a continental plate.
An oceanic plate being subducted under a continental plate.
No, the Oregon coast is not a rift valley. A rift valley forms where tectonic plates move apart, creating a depression where new crust is formed. The Oregon coast is a result of convergent tectonic plate boundaries where the Juan de Fuca plate is being subducted beneath the North American plate.
The Atlantic Plate is being subducted beneath the eastern Caribbean Plate.
It doesn't matter how the vehicle is marked or what plates are on it. What matters is the laws of the state in which the repossesion is being performed. The answer is "NO", it is not legal for a repo in Washington to be carried out by an unmarked vehicle. I suggest you speak to an attorney. As of January 2007, a Portland-Oregon based repo company is being sued in Federal court for this same offense, as well as illegal repo, breaching the peace, and assaulting a woman while trying to illegally repo her vehicle.
Plates have always been moving away from each other there, so new crust is being formed there while the crust on the other side of those plates is being subducted into the mantle.
Trenches occur in subduction zones, so one plate (usually oceanic because it is more dense) is subducted beneath the other plate, so the plates are moving towards each other
Earthquake activity is primarily caused by the movement of tectonic plates along fault lines. When these plates grind against each other, tension builds up until it is released in the form of an earthquake.
friction - convection currents in the mantle drag the plates away from the hot rising zone below the ridgegravity - gravity pulls down on the cold dense plate being subducted under the continent, dragging the plate away from the ridge
Idaho (famous for its potatoes), Washington (is famous for being Washington I guess), Nevada (famous for Las Vegas), California (famous for its weather)
A destructive or convergent continental margin occurs where oceanic lithosphere is being subducted beneath the edge of a continent. This process results in the formation of deep oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and intense seismic activity. The collision of the two plates can lead to the uplift of mountains and the formation of island arcs.
The Juan de Fuca Plate is being subducted below the state of Washington. This subduction zone has resulted in the formation of the Cascade Range of mountains and can also lead to seismic activity in the region.