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| Global map of major tectonic plates. |
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| Where Canada meets the Pacific something has got
to give. It is the Pacific ocean floor which slides under Vancouver
Island and the continent. We mentioned how the continent scrapes
over the ocean floor, clearing off the soft sediments above the
hard, igneous ocean crust like a bulldozer clears a street of
snow. Here is an actual picture of this. |
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