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RE: My Faults: A Journey Along the Pacific and North American Plates, Part 3 of 3 (Parkfield to Mexico)

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Plate Tectonic History of the North Pacific Ocean

Shows the plate tectonic evolution of the North Pacific Ocean, including the Cretaceous mid-ocean triple junction and showing how the Pacific plate drifted northwestward while growing on three edges by seafloor spreading. Finally, it shows how the Farallon plate was completely subducted, allowing the formation of the Pacific-North American plate boundary and the San Andreas fault