Image Farallon Plate.jpg thumb 250px right Remnants of the FarallonPlate, deep in Earth s mantle. The FarallonPlate was an ancient oceanic plate , which began subduct ing under the west coast of the North American Plate &mdash then located in modern Utah &mdash as Pangaea broke apart during the Jurassic Period. It is named for the Farallon Islands which are located just west of San Francisco, California . Over time the central part of the FarallonPlate was completely subducted under the southwestern part of the North American Plate. The remains of the FarallonPlate are the Juan de Fuca Plate Juan de Fuca , Explorer Plate Explorer and Gorda plate Gorda Plates, subducting under the northern part of the North American Plate , the Cocos Plate subducting under Central America and the Nazca Plate subducting under the South American Plate . It is thought that much of the plate initially went ... province . The FarallonPlate is also responsible for transporting old island arc s and various fragments ... also Kula Plate Kula Farallon Ridge Izanagi Plate San Andreas Fault References Reflist Refbegin Cite ... External links http www.uwgb.edu dutchs platetec kula.htm Reconstruction of FarallonPlate http pubs.usgs.gov gip dynamic Farallon.html USGS diagram Pictures and animations of the subduction of the FarallonPlate at NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center http svs.gsfc.nasa.gov vis a000000 a001300 a001322 index.html Animation of the Farallon subduction, with special emphasis on the effects on the surface ... . A large fragment of the subducted plate is believed to presently be in the mantle under eastern North ... accreting them to the North American Plate. These fragments from elsewhere are called terrane s sometimes ... by Evolving Width of Farallon Slab journal Science date 16 July 2010 volume 329 issue 5989 pages 316 ... S. last3 van der Lee first3 S. last4 Giardini first4 D year 2002 title Fate of the Cenozoic Farallon ... title Global plate reconstructions with velocity fields from 150 Ma to present in 10 Ma increments publisher ... more details
Farallon may refer to Farallon Capital , an American capital management firm Farallon de Medinilla , a small island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain Farallon de Pajaros Birds Rock , the northernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain Farallon Island Light , a lighthouse on Southeast Farallon Island, California Farallon Islands , a group of islands and rocks in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California, USA FarallonPlate , an ancient oceanic plateFarallon Steamship Disaster , a wooden steamship hit Black Reef in the Farallon Islands in 1910 and sank in Alaska Farallon Trench , an ancient oceanic trench on the west coast of North America during the Late Cretaceous period Kula Farallon Ridge , an ancient mid ocean ridge between the Kula and Farallon plates in the Pacific Ocean during the Jurassic period Pacific Farallon Ridge , a former mid ocean ridge between the Pacific and Farallon plates in the Pacific Ocean during the Tertiary period disambig ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image San Andreas Fault Sequential Diagrams.jpg thumb right 250px The pre existing Farallon Trench from 10 to 30 Ma. The Farallon Trench was an ancient oceanic trench on the west coast of North America during the Late Cretaceous period. When the trench disappeared, it turned into the San Andreas Fault . Since then, it has spread out to the north and south. See also Farallon Plate List of tectonic plates coord missing Category Oceanic trenches of the Pacific Ocean Category Cretaceous Category Cenozoic Category Historical geology Tectonics stub Palaeo geo stub ... more details
Infobox protected area name Farallon National Wildlife Refuge iucn category IV photo SE Farallon Island.jpg photo caption Southeast Farallon Islands from the west, with Maintop Island in the foreground ... acre refnum 77000332 ref name nris NRISref version 2009a ref Image Farallon Islands Map.jpg thumb 200px Farallon Islands, with border of Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Image SEFI.png thumb 200px Southeast Farallon Islands from nautical chart of 1957 The Farallon Islands , or Farallones Spanish ... portion of the islands are on Southeast Farallon Islands SEFI , where research residents PRBO stay. ref http www.prbo.org cms 171 ref The Farallon National Wildlife Refuge is one of 66 National Wildlife ... ref In 1974 the Farallon Wilderness was established Public Law 93 550 and includes all islands ... File A view of the Farallon Islands.jpg thumb A view of the Farallon Islands The islands were long ... River. In 1810, they met up with two other American ships at the Farallon Islands, the Mercury and the Isabella ... in 1996. ref cite book title The Farallon Islands Sentinels of the Golden Gate author White, Peter ... to sign Executive order United States Executive Order No. 1043 in 1909, creating the Farallon Reservation ... Service provided some weather observations from the lighthouse on its local radio station. Geology The Farallon ... of the Pacific Plate on which the islands rest. Other nearby examples of the Salinian Block include ... the Pacific and North American Plates, passes a few miles east of the islands. The historic FarallonPlate is named after the islands. Geography Image View from Mirounga Bay.jpg thumb 200px View of research station at Marine Terrace, with Farallon Island Light above Overview The islands string northwestward from Southeast Farallon Island for Convert 5 mi . Their total land area is Convert 0.16 ... station and a radio station. They have been protected in the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge ... index.cfm?fuse NWPS&sec wildView&wid 181 Wilderness.net Farallon Wilderness ref and contain the largest ... more details
infobox company company name Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. company logo Image Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C.png logo 250px foundation January 1986 ref http www.faralloncapital.com farallon ref ... Insider accessdate 7 28 2010 ref num employees 165 2010 ref http www.faralloncapital.com farallon ref homepage http www.faralloncapital.com farallonFarallon Capital Management, L.L.C. is an United ... around the world. ref http www.faralloncapital.com farallon ref Farallon primarily manages money ... farallon ref As of March 2010, the firm had US 20.7 billion in aggregate Capital economics capital ... founded Farallon in January 1986 with 15 million in seed capital. ref cite news title Steyer Power ... Steyer named the firm after the Farallon Islands off the coast of the San Francisco Bay Area . ref Lashinsky, p1 ref Farallon made a name for itself by being one of the first firms to raise money from ... in Farallon. ref cite web url http www.nytimes.com 2007 02 18 business yourmoney 18swensen.html ... Strategy Farallon pioneered absolute return investing, a model focusing on potential returns ..., p1 ref Farallon invests in various asset class es including value investing value investments ... in both developed and emerging markets . ref http www.faralloncapital.com farallon strategies.htm ref Farallon typically holds positions anywhere from two to five years. ref Adamson, pg 27 ref Farallon ... the businesses restructure. In 1999, Farallon bought a direct stake in an Argentine shoe ... 1999 2002 an economic crisis . And in 2002, Farallon bought control of Bank Central Asia BCA , an Indonesia ... and the country was seen as dangerous for foreign investment. Over the next four years, Farallon installed a new chairman and made necessary reforms. After Farallon sold its stake for a profit in 2006 ... Farallon s investment in Indonesia, 286 million flowed into the country as foreign direct investment . After Farallon exited, that number grew to 1 billion in 2007 and 4 billion in 2008. According to Council ... more details
The Farallon Fault is a right lateral moving transform fault located on the seafloor of the southern Gulf of California . It links the Carmen Basin to the north with the Farallon Basin to the south. All these features are part of the Gulf of California Rift Zone , the northern extension of the East Pacific Rise . References http articles.adsabs.harvard.edu full 1981LPICo.457...43N 0000044.000.html A history of continental rifting at the mouth of the Gulf of California, Ness and Lyle 1981 Category Geology of Mexico ... more details
The Farallon Basin is a submarine depression geology depression located on the seabed at the southern end of the Gulf of California . The basin results from the activity of one of the several spreading centers in the Gulf. The basin is linked to the Atl Fault to the south, and the Farallon Fault in the north. The Farallon Basin has a spreading axis at its center, so the seafloor here is oceanic crust , transitioning into thin, rifted continental crust at the basin s edges. Spreading centers in the Gulf, like this one in Farallon, are different from more well known spreading axes like the Mid Atlantic Ridge and East Pacific Rise , since they form as deep rift valleys rather than bathymetric highs. One familiar source of terrigenous input to the Gulf is the Colorado River , which empties into the northern Gulf though no longer consistently, as a result of overuse for irrigation . Further south, especially in the eastern Gulf, the Sierra Madre Occidental are a more important source of sediment. ref http www.geoform2009.com ?p 323 Information about the geography ref References References http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 2003AGUFM.T31E0885S Continent Ocean Transition Across the Alarcon Basin, Gulf of California from Seismic Reflection and Refraction Data , Sutherland et al 2003 Category Geology of Mexico ... more details
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The Pacific&ndash Farallon Ridge is a former mid ocean ridge that existed between the Pacific Plate Pacific and FarallonPlateFarallon plates in the Pacific Ocean during the Tertiary period. Its appearance was in a north south direction. About 60 million years ago, it might have extended at least convert 10000 km mi 0 abbr on . ref http books.google.ca books?id 3TtAM4OQ9hgC&pg PA86&lpg PA86&dq Pacific Farallon Ridge&source web&ots IxwmiB9rRT&sig whq9t4tYgaJV9TnfX3fDi13xy3Y&hl en&sa X&ol book result&resnum 4&ct result The Solid Earth ref Remnants of the Pacific&ndash Farallon Ridge include the Explorer Ridge Explorer , Gorda Ridge Gorda , Juan de Fuca Ridge Juan de Fuca and the East Pacific Rise East Pacific ridges. See also Kula Farallon Ridge References reflist mid ocean ridges coord missing Category Underwater ridges of the Pacific Ocean Tectonics stub ca Dorsal Pac fic Farallon ... more details
The Kula&ndash Farallon Ridge was an ancient mid ocean ridge that existed between the Kula Plate Kula and FarallonPlateFarallon plates in the Pacific Ocean during the Jurassic period. There was a small piece of this ridge off the Pacific Northwest 43 million years ago. The rest of the ridge has since been subduction subducted beneath Alaska . In its early stages of development, the Kula&ndash Farallon Ridge sheared pieces of oceanic rock off the coast of California . When the Kula&ndash Farallon Ridge was in the area where Washington U.S. state Washington and Oregon are now, basalt ic lava erupted there. Some of the basaltic lava is now part of the Olympic Peninsula . References http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa Coast 20Range 20Episode.htm The Coast Range Episode 115 to 57 million years ago See also Kula Plate Hawaiian Emperor seamount chain Meiji Seamount mid ocean ridges coord missing Category Underwater ridges of the Pacific Ocean Category Historical geology Category Jurassic Category Cretaceous Category Paleogene Category Natural history of North America Tectonics stub palaeo geo stub ca Dorsal Kula Farallon ... more details
Infobox lighthouse name Farallon Island Light image name Farallonlths.jpg caption historic photo of Farallon Island Light, with mule USCG location Farallon Island , California latd 37.69915 latNS N longd 123.00184 longEW W coordinates type region US type landmark coordinates display title coordinates footnotes yearbuilt yearlit 1855 automated 1972 yeardeactivated foundation Brick construction Brick shape white Conical height 41 ft currentlens Vega Vrb lens First order Fresnel lens range characteristic Flashing light Flashing white once every 15s admiralty G4014 ARLHS USA 281 USCG 6 0355 Farallon Island Light is a lighthouse on Farallon Islands Southeast Farallon Island , California . One of the highest lights in California, it was constructed in 1855 to warn ships approaching San Francisco from the west away from the rocky islands. In later years it was shorn of its lantern, but it remains in use. History Farallon Island Light was constructed on southeast Farallon. After the tower was complete, it proved too small to house a first order Fresnel lens , and the tower had to be torn down and rebuilt. The lighthouse was lit for the first time in December 1855. In 1939, the United States ... Farallon. It was built in 1855 in the busy days which followed the gold rush when clipper ships ... terminated by the Federal Government. The Farallon Light Station was equipped with a radiobeacon as well ... Gallery gallery Image View from Mirounga Bay.jpg View of Farallon Island Light, with research station below Image USCGfarallonWith.JPG Farallon Light Tower with Lantern Room &ndash U.S. Coast Guard Archive Image USCGfarallonWithout.JPG Farallon Light Tower without Lantern Room &ndash U.S. Coast Guard Archive gallery See also Farallon Islands References reflist External links commonscat Lighthouses ... of Historic Light Stations Farallon Island Light publisher National Park Service cite web url http www.lighthousefriends.com light.asp?ID 100 title Farallon Island, CA publisher lighthousefriends.com ... more details
Infobox mountain name Farall n de P jaros photo Farall n de P jaros.jpg photo caption elevation m 360 elevation ref prominence m 360 prominence ref location Northern Mariana Islands , Pacific Ocean range coordinates coord 20 32 42 N 144 53 37 E type isle region MP display inline,title topo type Stratovolcano age last eruption 1967 first ascent easiest route Farall n de P jaros from Spanish Language Spanish Farall n de los p jaros , meaning Birds Rock , also known as Urracas from Spanish Urracas , meaning Magpies , is an uninhabited volcano volcanic island, the northernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain. Farall n de P jaros has a land area of 2.55 km 0.985 sq mi . It is 1.2 miles in diameter. The volcano at its centre has had many eruptions. Its Northern Mariana Islands neighbors include Saipan and Tinian . Its northern neighbor is South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands of Japan . References cite gvp 1 0804 14 2 Farall n de P jaros http gaebler.info sonstiges marianen.htm uracas Horst Lehne and Christoph G bler ber die Marianen. Lehne Verlag, Wohldorf in Germany 1972. Image Casta Marianas.jpg thumb left 300px Image Uracas 600.jpg thumb right 300px Bathymetry around Farall n de P jaros Northern Mariana Islands Former German colonies Category Stratovolcanoes Category Active volcanoes Category Volcanoes of the Northern Mariana Islands Category Former German colonies Category Uninhabited islands of the Northern Mariana Islands Farall n de P jaros NorthernMarianas geo stub ch Farallon de Pajaros de Farallon de Pajaros es Farall n de P jaros fr Farallon de Pajaros gl Farall n de Paxaros it Farallon de Pajaros ms Gunung Berapi Farallon de Pajaros mn nl Farallon de Pajaros ja pt Farall n de P jaros ru sk Farallon de Pajaros fi Farallon de Pajaros sv Farallon de Pajaros ... more details
orphan date April 2010 The Farallon Steamship Disaster was the disaster of a wooden steamship that hit Black Reef in the Cook Inlet of the Farallon Islands , Alaska , in January 1910 and sank. All on board evacuated to a near by island and had to survive for a month in a mid winter climate before they were rescued. Steve K. Lloyd wrote a book on the story. External links http content.lib.washington.edu thwaitesweb index.html University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections John E. Thwaites Photographs Images of Southeastern Alaska from 1905 1912, including the Farallon shipwreck Alaska history footer state collapsed coord missing Alaska Category Shipwrecks of the Alaska coast Category Maritime incidents in 1910 US hist stub boat stub ... more details
Summary Information Description The upper frame is no mirage miraged Farallon Islands with green flash on the left hand side. The two lower frames and the main frame is Superior Mirage of Farallon Islands . The superior mirage was going from 3 image mirage Inverted image between erect ones to 5 image mirage and to 2 image mirage. Such display is consistent with Fata Morgana .All frames were photographed from about 50 70 feet above the sea level from the very same place. The upper frame was photographed from the sea level. The interval between the first and the last frames of the superior mirage was 6 minute s. Source self made Date Author http home.comcast.net milazinkova Fogshadow.html Mila Zinkova other versions Licensing self cc by sa 3.0 GFDL ... more details
Refimprove date August 2009 Image Northern Mariana Islands CIA WFB Map.png thumb right 450px Farallon de Medinilla is a small island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain and is situated convert 45 nmi km mi north of Saipan . It is the second smallest in the chain only Zealandia Bank is smaller. It is an uninhabited coral island which is 0.845 km 0.326 sq mi, or 208.9 acres in area. It is 2.8 km long from southwest to northeast. The southern part is up to 150 meters wide, and the northern part up to 520 meters. At its narrowest, where the northern and southern parts join, the island is only about 20 meters wide. Its highest elevation is 81 meters. The shores are rimmed with cliffs containing caves and its tableland has some brush and savanna grass. Politically, it is part of the Northern Islands Municipality . ref http www.oceandots.com pacific mariana medinilla.php ref ref http factfinder.census.gov servlet DTTable? bm y& context dt& PANEL ID p dt geo map& ds name DEC 2000 IAMP& CONTEXT dt& mt name DEC 2000 IAMP P001& tree id 405& all geo types N& redoLog true& errMsg & transpose N& geo id 100 10000US690859501001061& geo id 100 10000US690859501001992& search results 04000US69 ... 335 389 388 332 331 fl 381 403 204 380 369 379 368 g 04000US72& show geoid Y Farallon de Medinilla ... from 1812 1822. ref http gaebler.info sonstiges marianen.htm FdM Farallon de Medinilla ref For years, the U.S.Navy has used Farallon de Medinilla for military and bombing exercises. In a 2002 ... exercises on Farallon de Medinilla until they came in compliance with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ... N 146 03 31 E display title type isle source dewiki DEFAULTSORT Farallon De Medinilla Category Uninhabited ... stub de Farallon de Medinilla et Farallon de Medinilla es Farall n de Medinilla gl Farall n de Medinilla nl Farallon de Medinilla ja ru fi Farallon de Medinilla sv Farallon de Medinilla ... more details
junction of three ridges between the Kula Plate to the north, the Pacific Plate to the west and the FarallonPlate to the east. The Kula Plate was subducted under the North American Plate at a relatively ... wa Coast 20Range 20Episode.htm Scroll down to the section The FarallonPlate Ruptures on this site ... history wa Coast 20Range 20Episode.htm Kula plate when it separates from the Farallonplate References ...Image North America subduction.jpg thumb right 250px Plate distribution between 64 and 74 million years ago. The Kula Plate, shown in blue. The Kula Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate under the northern ... under the North American Plate at the Aleutian Trench and is surrounded by the Pacific Plate . There is a portion of the Kula Plate at the surface in the southern Bering Sea . Geological history The Kula Plate began subduct ing under the Pacific Northwest region of North America during the Late Cretaceous period much like the Pacific Plate does, supporting a large volcanic arc system from northern ... by significant continental uplift in response to the shallow subduction of the FarallonPlate. About 55 million years ago, the Kula Plate began an even more northerly motion. Riding on the Kula Plate was the Pacific Rim Terrane consisting of volcanic rock volcanic and sedimentary rocks. It was scraped ... . By 40 million years ago, the compressional force of the Kula Plate ceased. The existence of the Kula Plate was inferred from the westward bend in the alternating pattern of Geomagnetic reversal magnetic anomalies in the Pacific Plate . Name The name Kula is from a Native Americans in the United ... Plate still exists. ref http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 2000GeoJI.142...27G Signature of remnant slabs in the North Pacific from P wave tomography ref See also FarallonPlate Kula Farallon Ridge Pacific Kula Ridge Izanagi Plate External links http www.uwgb.edu dutchs platetec kula.htm Reconstruction of the Kula Plate http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa The 20Challis 20Episode.htm Kula ... more details
The Phoenix Plate also known as the Aluk Plate was an ancient tectonic plate that existed during the mid Cretaceous through early Tertiary time. The Phoenix Plate began subduct ing under the Antarctic Plate . The Phoenix Ridge , a mid oceanic ridge between the Pacific Plate Pacific and the Phoenix Plates which had a spreading rate of 18 20 cm per year until around 84 Annum Ma . A major decrease in spreading rate, and the convergence rate with the Antarctic Plate occurred around 52.3 Ma. During the Late Cretaceous , the Phoenix Plate fragmented into the Charcot Plate , much in the same way in which the Rivera Plate Rivera and the Cocos Plate were formed by the fragmentation of the FarallonPlate . References McCarron, Joe J. and Robert D. Larter, Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary subduction history of the Antarctic Peninsula, Journal of the Geological Society, March 1998 Category Historical tectonic plates Category Cretaceous Category Paleogene Category Natural history of Antarctica tectonics stub palaeo geo stub fr Plaque de Ph nix uk ... more details
Image Juan de fuca plate.png right thumb 300px A map of the Juan de Fuca Plate showing the BASEPAGENAME above it. The Explorer Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Vancouver Island , Canada . To the east, the Explorer Plate is being subduction subducted under the North American Plate . To the south is a transform fault , the Sovanco Fracture Zone , separating the Explorer Plate from the Pacific Plate . To the southeast is another transform boundary, the Nootka Fault separating it from the Juan de Fuca Plate . To the northwest is a divergent boundary with the Pacific Plate forming the Explorer Ridge . The Explorer Plate is one of the northern remnants of the FarallonPlate . See also Geology of the Pacific Northwest External links http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa Cascade 20Episode.htm Cascadia tectonic history Category Tectonic plates Category Natural history of North America tectonics stub tectonic plates de Explorer Platte es Placa del Explorador eu Esploratzailearen Plaka fr Plaque Explorer it Placca Explorer uk zh ... more details
The Izanagi Plate was an ancient tectonic plate , which began Subduction subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate Okhotsk section of the North American Plate during 130 100 Ma. The rapid plate motion of the Izanagi Plate caused the northward drift of north west Japan and the outer zone of south west Japan. Sanbagawa metamorphic rocks were formed in the eastern margin of the drifting land mass, while Abukuma metamorphic rocks were formed in its western margin. At approximately 95 Ma, the Izanagi Plate was completely subducted and replaced by the western Pacific Plate which also subducted in the north western direction. Subducted related magmatism took place near the Ryoke belt . No marked tectonics occurred in the Abunkuma belt after the change of the subducted plate. See also Kula PlateFarallonPlate List of tectonic plates External links http www.geo.arizona.edu geo5xx geo527 Japan geodynamic index.html Geodynamics of Japan http www.dinodata.net Golonka fig25x.pdf late Cenomanian early Campanian PDF not available without registration free Category Tectonic plates Category Historical tectonic plates Category Cretaceous Category Natural history of Japan Category Natural history of Asia tectonics stub palaeo geo stub fr Plaque Izanagi ja zh ... more details
Image Juan de fuca plate.png right thumb 300px A map of the Gorda and neighboring Juan de Fuca Plates subducting under the North American plate The Gorda Plate , located beneath the Pacific Ocean off the coast of northern California , is one of the northern remnants of the Farallon Plate . It is sometimes referred to by, for example, publications from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program http neic.usgs.gov neis eq depot 2005 eq 050617 neic zkal ts.html as simply the southernmost portion of the neighboring Juan de Fuca Plate , another Farallon remnant. Unlike most tectonic plates , the Gorda Plate experiences significant deformation inside its boundaries. Stresses from the neighboring North American Plate and Pacific Plate cause frequent earthquakes in the interior of the plate, including the M7.2 Humboldt County earthquake which caused 1.75 million in damages in 1980 http earthquake.usgs.gov earthquakes states events 1980 11 08.php . The easterly side is a convergent boundary subducting under the North American Plate in northern California. The southerly side is a transform boundary with the Pacific Plate along the Mendocino Fault . The westerly side is a divergent boundary with the Pacific Plate forming the Gorda Ridge . The northerly side is a transform boundary with the Juan de Fuca Plate , the Blanco Fracture Zone . The subducting Gorda Plate is connected with the volcanoes in northern California, namely, Mount Shasta and Lassen Peak . Lassen Peak last erupted in 1914 1917. External links http pubs.usgs.gov publications text understanding.html USGS Understanding plate motions http woodshole.er.usgs.gov operations obs rmobs pub html mendocino.html Mendocino Triple Junction Offshore Northern California http www.humboldt.edu geodept earthquakes recent eqks.html Recent North Coast Earthquakes http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa Cascade 20Episode.htm Cascadia tectonic history with map Coord 41.2 126.4 type landmark dim 300km display title tectonic plate ... more details
Image Caribbean plate tectonics en.png thumb right 400px Detail of the Cocos and Caribbean plate s Image Tectonic plates Caribbean.png thumb right 300px Detail of tectonic plates from Image Tectonic plates.png Tectonic plates of the world . Image Cocos Caribbean.jpg thumb right 300px Detail of the Cocos and Caribbean plates from Image Plate tectonics map.gif Plate tectonics map . The Cocos Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America , named for Cocos Island , which rides upon it. TOC Geology The Cocos Plate is created by sea floor spreading along the East Pacific Rise and the Cocos Ridge , specifically in a complicated area geologists call the Cocos Nazca spreading system. From the rise the plate is pushed eastward and pushed or dragged perhaps both under the less dense overriding Caribbean Plate , in the process called subduction . The subducted leading edge heats up and adds its water to the mantle above it. In the mantle layer called the asthenosphere , mantle rock melts to make magma , trapping superheated water under great pressure ... . The northern boundary of the Cocos Plate is the Middle America Trench . The eastern boundary is a transform ... is another mid ocean ridge, the East Pacific Rise . The Cocos and Nazca Plate s are the remnants of the former FarallonPlate , which broke up about 23 million years ago. A Hotspot geology hotspot under the Galapagos Islands lies along the Galapagos Rise. see Galapagos hotspot The Rivera Plate north of the Cocos Plate is thought to have separated from the Cocos Plate 5 10 million years ago. The boundary ... Plate beneath the North American Plate . The also devastating 2001 El Salvador earthquakes were generated in the subduction of this plate on the Caribbean Plate References reflist External links http ... SR VOLUME CHAPTERS SR170 07.PDF Martin Meschede and Udo Barckhausen, Plate tectonic evolution of the Cocos Nazca plate reconstructing its geological evolution tectonics stub Tectonic plates Category Tectonic ... more details
FarallonPlate The precursor of the Nazca Plate and the Cocos Plate to its north was the Farallon ...File South American plates.png thumb right 300px legend C2E8E4 The Nazca plate, shown in light blue border ... showing all plates center The Nazca Plate , named after the Nazca region of southern Peru , is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America . The ongoing subduction along the Peru Chile Trench of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate is largely responsible for the Andes Andean orogeny . The Nazca Plate is bound to the west to the Pacific Plate and to the south with the Antarctic Plate through the East Pacific Rise and the Chile Rise respectively. The movement of the Nazca Plate over several hotspot geology hotspots has created some volcanic ... is a relatively young plate both in terms of age of rocks and existence as independent plate. Boundaries ... meet the Nazca Plate, the South American Plate , and the Antarctic Plate . Peru Chile Trench See also ... Plate and the Andes Mountains , forming the Peru Chile Trench . The southern side is a divergent boundary with the Antarctic Plate, the Chile Rise , where seafloor spreading permits magma to rise. The western side is a divergent boundary with the Pacific Plate , forming the East Pacific Rise . The northern side is a divergent boundary with the Cocos Plate , the Galapagos Rise . The subduction of the Nazca plate under southern Chile has a history of producing massive earthquakes including the largest ... corner of the plate where the Nazca, Cocos, and Pacific Plates all join off the coast of Colombia . Yet ... Plate Juan Fernandez Microplate at the southern junction. The Easter Plate Easter Island Microplate ... Plate that includes the Gal pagos Islands Gal pagos archipelago at its western end. It is being subducted under South America with the rest of the Nazca Plate. Fracture zones Empty section date March 2010 Darwin Gap is the area between the Nazca Plate and the coast of Chile, where Charles Darwin experienced ... more details
File Caribbean plate tectonics en.png thumb 400px Location of the Rivera Plate The Rivera Plate is a small tectonic plate a microplate located off the west coast of Mexico , just south of the Baja California Peninsula . It is bounded on the northwest by the East Pacific Rise , on the southwest by the Rivera Transform Fault , on the southeast by a deformation zone, and on the northeast by the Middle America Trench and another deformation zone. The Rivera Plate is believed to have separated from the Cocos Plate located to its southeast about 5 10 million years ago. The subduction of the Rivera Plate under the North American Plate in the Mid American Trench has been the cause of the strongest earthquakes in the history of Mexico, including the largest earthquake in Mexico during the 20th century which occurred on June 3, 1932 in the state of Jalisco. The quake had a magnitude of 8.2 with a magnitude 7.8 aftershock, both of which caused widespread casualties and damage. On October 9, 1995, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred beneath the Jalisco region and caused significant loss of life and property. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred on January 24, 2003 near 2003 Colima earthquake Colima in Mexico. http baird.si.edu minsci tdpmap viewer.htm See also Rivera Triple Junction Juan de Fuca PlateFarallonPlate References http books.google.com books?id JwLwYmhVORQC&pg PA9&lpg PA9&dq Rivera Transform fault&source web&ots UY1Ip3NocH&sig xYd0yhH3dJzhBj6ZfS33EnSP37c&hl en Neogene Quaternary Continental Margin Volcanism, Claus Siebe, ed., Geological Society of America, 2006, ISBN 0813724023 http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 1993GeoRL..20.2391P Pardo, Mario Suarez, Gerardo, Steep subduction geometry of the Rivera plate beneath the Jalisco block in western Mexico, Geophysical Research Letters ... and Stephen Traylen, Motion of the Rivera plate since 10 Ma relative to the Pacific and North American ... tectonics stub Tectonic plates DEFAULTSORT Rivera Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category ... more details
A streak plate can refer to In streaking microbiology , the plate used to incubate a culture In streak mineralogy , the plate used to produce the powder of a mineral disambig ... more details
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