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Explorer plate

The Explorer plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, which is partially subducted under the North American plate. Along with the Juan de Fuca plate and Gorda plate, the Explorer plate is a remnant of the ancient Farallon plate, which has been subducted under the North American plate.…

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Boundaries

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Seismic activity

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Current state of subduction

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Formation and evolution

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Approximate area
18,000 km2 (6950 sq mi)
Features
Pacific Ocean
Movement1
Northeast
Speed1
Up to 20 mm/year
Type
Microplate

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Boundaries

Formation and evolution

Current state of subduction

Seismic activity

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Explorer plate

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples47
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

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Explorer plate

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related to Boundaries · 12
Explorer plate → Explorer, Explorer Ridge, Fuca, Juan, Nootka Fault, North American, Pacific, Sovanco, The, The Queen Charlotte, To, Winona Basin
related to Seismic activity · 11
Explorer plate → As, Canada, Events, Explorer, Fire, Fuca, However, Juan, Pacific Ring, Seminole Seamount, The Explorer
related to Formation and evolution · 10
Explorer plate → Explorer, Fuca, Juan, Nookta Fault, North American, Sovanco, The, The Nootka Fault, The Sovanco, Upon
related to Current state of subduction · 5
Explorer plate → Canada, Explorer, North American, The, There
is a · 3
Explorer plate → most seismically active area of Canada, oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Vancouver Island, remnant of the ancient Farallon plate
Approximate area · 1
Explorer plate → 18,000 km2 (6950 sq mi)
Coordinates · 1
Explorer plate → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…
Features · 1
Explorer plate → Pacific Ocean
Movement1 · 1
Explorer plate → Northeast
Speed1 · 1
Explorer plate → Up to 20 mm/year

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plate explorer north american pacific subducted juan de fuca boundary subduction activity ocean zone plate's canada million years ago southern

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Explorer plateApproximate area18,000 km2 (6950 sq mi)1.00infobox
Explorer plateCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Explorer plateFeaturesPacific Ocean1.00infobox
Explorer plateMovement1Northeast1.00infobox
Explorer plateSpeed1Up to 20 mm/year1.00infobox
Explorer plateTypeMicroplate1.00infobox
Explorer plateis aoceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Vancouver Island0.90text
Explorer plateis aremnant of the ancient Farallon plate0.90text
Explorer plateis amost seismically active area of Canada0.90text
Explorer platerelated to BoundariesThe0.60section
Explorer platerelated to BoundariesExplorer0.60section
Explorer platerelated to BoundariesNorth American0.60section

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