San Andreas FaultAt the San Andreas Fault in California, the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate slide past each other along a giant fracture in Earth's crust. The youngest mountain ranges (theCordilleras) formed along the western margin of the continent and around the Caribbean Sea. Th...
We propose a model for the western end of the North American–Caribbean plate boundary. We suggest that, beyond the surface trace of the Motagua–Polochic fault system, interplate strain is distributed along the Reverse Faults Tectonic Province, a zone of long, narrow anticlines cut along their...
The mobility of Earth’s crust has also created two tectonic lakes,PrespaandOhrid, in the southwest and has resulted in the formation of several mineral springs and hot springs. Get Unlimited Access Try Britannica Premium for free and discover more. ...
FP: Farallon Plate. Full size image Fig. 7: Lithosphere dynamics and tectonic model achieved from 4-D thermo-mechanical model of the North American lithosphere. a–f Vertical cross-sections of the 3-D lithosphere and mantle asthenosphere at 37°N showing the evolution of finite strain rate ...
The timing of basin formation is broadly coeval with depositional changes at the Danian-Selandian boundary around the other margins of Greenland, including the North Sea, implying a common tectonic driving force. Furthermore, these stratigraphic tie points place age constraints on regional plate ...
In this study, we have explored both the potential effects and the limitations of gravitational collapse in the development of Cenozoic extension and volcanism in the North American Cordillera. The complicated tectonic history in this region is difficult, if not impossible, to be fully simulated in...
Interpretation of industrial multichannel seismic profiles and well data are used to identify the main tectonic features of the Gulf of Guayaquil (GG) area. These include two E-W trending major detac...
(2000). Late Cretaceous-early Palaeogene development of depositional basins in Samaria as a reflection of eastern Mediterranean tectonic evolution. Bulletin-American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 84, 997–1114. Google Scholar Roth, M. J., Droxler, A. W., & Kameo, K. (2000). The ...
A number of hypotheses have been put forward concerning the nature and origin of transverse ridges; most involve vertical movements of slivers of oceanic lithosphere, under the influence of buoyancy or tectonic forces: (a) thermal expansion and isostatic uplift of the old plate near the RTI induce...
northerly movement of thePacific Plate(west) relative to theNorth American Plate(east) along transform faults. To the north, in British Columbia, this movement has been along the offshore Queen Charlotte Fault, while in California it has been along theSan Andreas Fault.Subduction(crustal sinking)...