'Lost' tectonic plate found -- and mystery is solved
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 17:03
in Paleontology & Archaeology
By Stephanie PappasLiveScience A tectonic plate that disappeared under North America millions of years ago still peeks out in central California and Mexico, new research finds.The Farallon oceanic plate was once nestled between the Pacific and North American plates, which were converging around 200 million years ago at what would become the San Andreas fault along the Pacific coast. This slow geol...