Farallon Plate
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farallon-plate-218-966208
title:
Farallon Plate
text:
The Farallon Plate was an ancient oceanic tectonic plate. It formed one of the three main plates of Panthalassa, alongside the Izanagi Plate and the Phoenix Plate, which were connected by a triple junction. The Farallon Plate began subducting under the west coast of the North American Plate—then located in modern Utah—as Pangaea broke apart and after the formation of the Pacific Plate at the centre of the triple junction during the Early Jurassic. It is named for the Farallon Islands, which are
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description:
Ancient oceanic plate that has mostly subducted under the North American Plate
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farallon_Plate
date created:
2004-02-29T02:48:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T04:03:15Z
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