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    the Explorer plate from the Pacific plate. To the southeast is another transform boundary, the Nootka Fault, which separates the Explorer plate from...
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    divergent boundary with the Explorer plate, the Juan de Fuca plate and the Gorda plate forming respectively the Explorer Ridge, the Juan de Fuca Ridge...
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    American plate at the Cascadia subduction zone. It is named after the explorer of the same name. One of the smallest of Earth's tectonic plates, the Juan...
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    junction where three tectonic plates meet: the Pacific plate, the North American plate, and the Explorer plate. The three plate boundaries which intersect...
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    subducted under the North American plate. The Explorer Ridge consists of one major segment, the Southern Explorer Ridge, and several smaller segments...
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    tectonic plate at the Galápagos triple junction Juan de Fuca plate – Small tectonic plate in the eastern North Pacific – 250,000 km2 Explorer plate – Oceanic...
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    the Farallon plate was subducted under the southwestern part of the North American plate. The remains of the Farallon plate are the Explorer, Gorda, and...
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    southern end of the Explorer Ridge, forming part of the boundary between the Pacific plate and the Explorer plate. To its west lies the Explorer Seamount. Cowan...
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    The Ford Explorer is a range of SUVs manufactured by Ford Motor Company since 1990. The first five-door SUV produced by Ford, the Explorer was introduced...
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    Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric. "Okeanos Explorer | Expeditions | NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas: Background:...
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    Fuca Plate and two platelets, the Explorer Plate and Gorda Plate are the meager remnants of the much larger Farallon oceanic plate. The Explorer Plate broke...
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  • Thumbnail for Cascadia subduction zone
    where the Explorer, Juan de Fuca, and Gorda plates move to the east and slide below the much larger mostly continental North American plate. The zone...
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  • Pacific plate, the North American plate, and the Explorer plate meet Rivera triple junction – Place where the North American plate, the Rivera plate, and...
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    incipient plate boundary East African Rift – incipient plate boundary East Pacific Rise Gakkel Ridge Cocos–Nazca spreading centre Explorer Ridge Juan...
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    Gorda and Explorer Plates subduct under the continental North American plate. The oceanic Pacific plate subducts under the North American plate (composed...
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    convergent plate boundary where the Gorda Plate, the Juan de Fuca Plate, and the Explorer Plate are being subducted underneath the North American plate. As these...
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    Nootka Fault (category Plate tectonics)
    Fault lies between the Explorer plate in the north and Juan de Fuca plate in south. These are remnants of the once vast Farallon plate. The fault is at the...
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  • margin where two tectonic plates meet, and where one plate has continental crust and the other oceanic crust along the line of plate convergence, and a subduction...
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    registration plate, also known as a number plate (British, Indian and Australian English), license plate (American English) or licence plate (Canadian English)...
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  • million years ago as the Juan de Fuca and Explorer Plate to its west subducted under the North American Plate at the Cascadia subduction zone. As the ocean...
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    of Australia before European settlement there. The first plate, left in 1616 by Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog, is the oldest-known artefact of European exploration...
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    American plate, leaving that part of the North American plate in contact with the Pacific plate as the San Andreas Fault. The Juan de Fuca, Explorer, Gorda...
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    According to Latter Day Saint belief, the golden plates (also called the gold plates or in some 19th-century literature, the golden bible) are the source...
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  • subduction zone where the Juan de Fuca plate and the Explorer plate are being subducted under the North American plate at a rate of 4 centimeters (1.6 in)...
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    in area, the Caribbean plate borders the North American plate, the South American plate, the Nazca plate and the Cocos plate. These borders are regions...
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    Triple junction (category Plate tectonics)
    A triple junction is the point where the boundaries of three tectonic plates meet. At the triple junction each of the three boundaries will be one of three...
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    (Google) NOAA – Ocean Explorer (Ofc Ocean Exploration & Rsch) NOAA – Ocean Explorer – Multimedia – Mariana Arc (podcast) NOAA – Ocean Explorer – Video Playlist...
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    Fuca plate and two platelets, the Explorer plate and Gorda plate are the meager remnants of the much larger Farallon oceanic plate. The Explorer plate broke...
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    ArmaLite AR-7 (redirect from AR-7 Explorer)
    barrels. The Charter Arms AR-7 Explorer rifle replicated the ArmaLite AR-7 Explorer with variations in finish. Explorer II was a pistol version of the...
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    Dirk Hartog (category 17th-century Dutch explorers)
    explorer Willem de Vlamingh landed on the island and by chance found the Hartog plate, which lay half-buried in sand. He replaced it with a new plate...
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