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Farallon Plate
The
Farallon Plate
was an ancient
oceanic plate
that began
subducting
under the west coast of the
North American Plate
—then located in modern
Utah
—as
Pangaea
broke apart during the
Jurassic
period. It is named for the
Farallon Islands
, which are located just west of
San Francisco, California
.
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