Formation and Evolution of the Pacific‐North American (San Andreas) Plate Boundary: Constraints From the Crustal Architecture of Northern California
Kevin P. Furlong,
Antonio Villaseñor,
Harley M. Benz
et al.
Abstract:The northward migration of the Mendocino triple junction (MTJ) drives a fundamental plate boundary transformation from convergence to translation; producing a series of strike‐slip faults, that become the San Andreas plate boundary. We find that the 3‐D structure of the Pacific plate lithosphere in the vicinity of the MTJ controls the location of San Andreas plate boundary formation. At the time of initiation of the Pacific‐North America plate boundary (∼30 Ma), the sequential interaction with the western marg… Show more
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