Friday, 22 March 2013

Under California: An ancient tectonic plate

Providence RI (SPX) Mar 22, 2013



Large chunks of an ancient tectonic plate that slid under North America millions of years ago are still present under parts of central California and Mexico, according to new research led by Brown University geophysicists.

Around 100 million years ago, the Farallon oceanic plate lay between the converging Pacific and North American plates, which eventually came together to form the San And