What type of plate movement is occurring near Vancouver with respect to the Juan de Fuca plate, the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate?
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It is a Cascadia Subduction Zone is a very long sloping fault that stretches from mid-Vancouver Island to Northern California. It separates the Juan de Fuca and North America plates. New ocean floor is being created offshore of Washington and Oregon. As more material wells up along the ocean ridge, the ocean floor is pushed toward and beneath the continent. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is where the two plates meet. http://www.pnsn.org/HAZARDS/CASCADIA/cascadia_zone.html
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