Farallon Plate

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ancient tectonic plate oceanic plate tectonic plate

The Farallon Plate was a large, ancient oceanic tectonic plate in the Pacific that has mostly subducted beneath the North American Plate, leaving only fragments such as the Juan de Fuca Plate.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Farallon Plate remnant	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient tectonic plate ⓘ oceanic plate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWith	Cordilleran orogeny ⓘ Laramide orogeny ⓘ accretion of terranes to North America ⓘ subduction-related volcanism ⓘ
beganSubduction	Mesozoic era ⓘ
boundaryType	convergent boundary ⓘ
geologicalProcess	subduction ⓘ
hasRemnant	Cocos Plate ⓘ Explorer Plate ⓘ Gorda Plate ⓘ Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ Nazca Plate ⓘ Rivera Plate ⓘ
influencedFormationOf	Andes ⓘ surface form: Andes Mountains North American Cordillera ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ surface form: Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
influencedTectonicsOf	western North America ⓘ western South America ⓘ
isSourceOf	slab remnants in Earth mantle beneath North America ⓘ
largelySubductedBy	Cenozoic ⓘ surface form: Cenozoic era
lithosphereType	oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter	Farallon Islands ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Pacific basin
presentStatus	mostly subducted ⓘ preserved as smaller plates ⓘ
regionAffected	Pacific margin of the Americas ⓘ
relatedToConcept	plate tectonics ⓘ slab pull ⓘ subduction zones ⓘ
subductedBeneath	Caribbean Plate ⓘ Cocos Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ South American Plate ⓘ
subductedDirection	eastward ⓘ
subductedUnderContinent	North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
timeActive	Cenozoic ⓘ surface form: Cenozoic era Mesozoic Era ⓘ surface form: Mesozoic era
wasAdjacentTo	Caribbean Plate ⓘ Kula Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ South American Plate ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Explorer Plate → isFragmentOf → Farallon Plate ⓘ

Juan de Fuca Plate → isFragmentOf → Farallon Plate ⓘ

Juan de Fuca Plate → isRemnantOf → Farallon Plate ⓘ

Gorda Plate → isSegmentOf → Farallon Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Farallon Plate remnant

Gorda Plate → isYoungerRemnantOf → Farallon Plate ⓘ