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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
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Title:
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Farallon Plate Remnants
Title
Farallon Plate Remnants
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Description:
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Farallon has been recycled back into the Earth
Description
Farallon has been recycled back into the Earth
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Abstract:
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The Rockies are fifteen hundred kilometers, or one thousand miles, to the east. The cause must be the tectonic plate that built these mountains. Its name is Farallon. Farallon started off normally enough. It plunged beneath the North American Plate at a forty-five degree angle. This process sprouted volcanoes to form the Sierra Nevada in what is now California.
Next, mantle motions pulled North America westward over Farallon, and the plate scraped along the bottom of the continent - for fifteen hundred kilometers. As North America continued its westward trek, Farallon settled to the bottom of the mantle.
Abstract
The Rockies are fifteen hundred kilometers, or one thousand miles, to the east. The cause must be the tectonic plate that built these mountains. Its name is Farallon. Farallon started off normally enough. It plunged beneath the North American Plate at a forty-five degree angle. This process sprouted volcanoes to form the Sierra Nevada in what is now California.
Next, mantle motions pulled North America westward over Farallon, and the plate scraped along the bottom of the continent - for fifteen hundred kilometers. As North America continued its westward trek, Farallon settled to the bottom of the mantle.
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Completed:
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2000-12-19
Completed
2000-12-19
Completed
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Credit:
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*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Credit
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Studio:
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SVS
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Animator:
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Stuart A. Snodgrass (Lead)
Animator
Stuart A. Snodgrass (Lead)
Animator
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Scientist:
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Hans-Peter Bunge (Princeton University)
Scientist
Hans-Peter Bunge (Princeton University)
Scientist
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Keywords:
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DLESE
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SVS
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Keywords:
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Physical geography
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Physical geography
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Keywords:
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Geophysics
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Geophysics
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Keywords:
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Farallon Plate
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Farallon Plate
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Geologic time
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Geologic time
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Structural geology
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Structural geology
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Video:
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SVS2000-0026* * *
Video
SVS2000-0026* * *
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California
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California
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Nevada
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Nevada
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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facet_what:
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Earth
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Earth
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Animation Number:
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2410
Animation_Number
2410
Animation Number
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UID:
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SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002400/a0024 10/hidden_plate2-IMA GE
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SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002400/a0024 10/hidden_plate2-IMA GE
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