North American plate boundary system

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The North American plate boundary system is the complex network of tectonic plate boundaries and associated fault zones that define the interactions and margins of the North American Plate with adjacent plates.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geological structure → plate margin network → tectonic plate boundary system →
causes	earthquakes in western North America → seismicity in the Caribbean region → volcanism along the Cascadia arc →
characterizedBy	continental rift zones → divergent boundaries → subduction zones → transform faults →
extendsUnder	Atlantic Ocean → Caribbean Sea → Gulf of Mexico → Pacific Ocean →
hasPart	Azores–Gibraltar plate boundary segments affecting North America–Eurasia interaction → Baffin Bay margin structures → Basin and Range Province margin faults → Caribbean–North American plate boundary in the Caribbean region → Caribbean–North American plate boundary zone → Cascadia subduction zone → Cayman Trough transform system → Cocos–North American plate boundary in Mexico and Central America → East Pacific Rise–Gulf of California spreading system → Eurasia–North American plate boundary in the Arctic → Eurasia–North American plate boundary in the North Atlantic → Explorer Ridge → Garlock Fault → Gorda Ridge → Gulf of California rift zone → Juan de Fuca Ridge → Labrador Sea spreading structures (relict) → Laramide deformation front remnants → Mendocino Triple Junction region → Mid-Atlantic Ridge segments adjacent to North America → Middle America Trench → Motagua–Polochic fault system → Nazca–North American plate boundary via triple junction interactions → New Madrid Seismic Zone margin structures → Pacific–North American plate boundary in western North America → Puerto Rico Trench → Queen Charlotte Fault → Rivera Triple Junction region → San Andreas Fault → Septentrional-Oriente fault zone → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt margin structures → Walker Lane belt →
interactsWith	Caribbean Plate → Cocos Plate → Eurasian Plate → Explorer Plate → Gorda Plate → Juan de Fuca Plate → Nazarca Plate → North American Plate → Pacific Plate →
locatedIn	North America →
relevantTo	seismic hazard assessment in North America →
studiedIn	plate tectonics →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
North American plate boundary system ("Caribbean–North American plate boundary zone") → North American plate boundary system ("Eurasia–North American plate boundary in the North Atlantic") → North American plate boundary system ("Eurasia–North American plate boundary in the Arctic") →	hasPart
Explorer Plate → Gorda Plate → Gulf of California rift zone ("Pacific–North America plate boundary") →	partOf