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Northern Convergence: America's Most Dangerous Volcano, and the End of the Journey
Source info:
| Author: | Garry Hayes |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2014-10-29 08:24:00 |
| Blog: | Geotripper  |
| URL: | http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2014/10/northern-convergence-americas-most.html |
Summary:
Northern Convergence as a name for this blog series was all about the role of a convergent plate boundary in the production of the scenery of the Pacific Northwest. The compressional forces that developed as the Pacific/Farallon/Juan de Fuca plate was stuffed under the North American continent formed range after range of complexly folded and faulted mountains hundreds of miles inland.Content analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Ocean | 0.89316 | -154.721 | |
| United States | US | 37.1679 | -95.845 |
Keywords:
blog series, Cascades, compressional forces, convergent plate boundary, End, Fuca plate, hundreds, Journey Northern Convergence, mountains, North American continent, Pacific Northwest, Pacific/Farallon/Juan, production, range, role, scenery, Volcano
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