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Driving Across the Most Dangerous Plate Boundary in the World: These Rocks are All Wrong!
Source info:
| Author: | Garry Hayes |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2015-03-30 09:23:00 |
| Blog: | Geotripper  |
| URL: | http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2015/03/driving-across-most-dangerous-plate.html |
Summary:
The view from Muir Beach Overlook, midway between San Francisco and Point Reyes National Seashore Point Reyes National Seashore: Is it land's end, or ocean's end? From a human point of view, it is the former. This is the far west of North America, and you can't go any farther without a boat or plane. But if we consider the oceanic crust that was being subducted beneath the continent here,Content analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muir Beach Overlook | US | 37.8632 | -122.586 |
| North America | 44.3308 | -109.755 | |
| Point Reyes National Seashore | US | 38.0355 | -122.974 |
| San Francisco | US | 37.7474 | -122.439 |
Keywords:
accretionary wedge, continent, Dangerous Plate Boundary, human point, land, midway, Muir Beach Overlook, North America, oceanic crust, plane, Point Reyes National, Reyes National Seashore, Rocks, San Francisco, view, west, World, Wrong
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