Mendocino Triple Junction
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title:
Mendocino Triple Junction
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The Mendocino Triple Junction (MTJ) is the point where the Gorda Plate, the North American Plate, and the Pacific Plate meet, in the Pacific Ocean near Cape Mendocino in northern California. This triple junction is the location of a change in the broad tectonic plate motions which dominate the west coast of North America, linking convergence of the northern Cascadia subduction zone and translation of the southern San Andreas Fault system. This region can be characterized by transform fault movem
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Point where the Gorda plate, the North American plate, and the Pacific plate meet
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendocino_Triple_Junction
date created:
2005-11-28T05:42:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T20:10:51Z
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