Farallon–North American plate boundary

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ancient plate boundary convergent margin

The Farallon–North American plate boundary was an ancient convergent margin along western North America where the Farallon Plate subducted beneath the continent, setting the stage for the modern Pacific–North American plate boundary system.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient plate boundary ⓘ convergent margin ⓘ
associatedWith	Coast Plutonic Complex of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Laramide orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ Nevadan orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ Sevier orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierra Nevada batholith NERFINISHED ⓘ
caused	Cordilleran magmatism along western North America ⓘ batholith emplacement in western North America ⓘ continental arc volcanism ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
geodynamicEffect	flat-slab subduction episodes beneath North America ⓘ
geologicalProcess	oceanic–continental subduction ⓘ
influenced	crustal thickening in western North America ⓘ inland migration of magmatism during Laramide orogeny ⓘ topographic evolution of the North American Cordillera ⓘ
initiated	early Mesozoic Era ⓘ
involvesPlate	Farallon Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ North American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
largelyTerminated	Cenozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ
ledTo	accretion of terranes to western North America ⓘ growth of North American continental margin ⓘ
locatedOn	western margin of North America ⓘ
modernRemnants	Cocos Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan de Fuca Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazca Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Rivera Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
oceanicPlate	Farallon Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
plateKinematics	progressive consumption of Farallon Plate beneath North America ⓘ
produced	accretionary prism complexes ⓘ forearc basins ⓘ magmatic arc ⓘ
region	North American Cordillera NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Pacific–North American plate boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ San Andreas Fault system NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchField	plate tectonics ⓘ
roleInTectonics	precursor of Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ
slabType	oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
status	extinct ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	geology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ
subductionDirection	Farallon Plate subducted beneath North American Plate ⓘ
supersededBy	Pacific–North American transform boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ
tectonicSetting	subduction zone ⓘ
tectonicStyle	eastward subduction of oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
timePeriod	Cenozoic ⓘ Mesozoic ⓘ

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Pacific–North American plate boundary system → evolvesFrom → Farallon–North American plate boundary ⓘ