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111Intermontane Plate — The Intermontane Plate was an ancient oceanic tectonic plate, that lay on the west coast of North America about 195 million years ago. The Intermontane Plate had a chain of volcanic islands called the Intermontane Islands. The Intermontane… …
112Back-arc basin — Back arc basins (or retro arc basins) are geologic features, submarine basins associated with island arcs and subduction zones.They are found at some convergent plate boundaries, presently concentrated in the Western Pacific ocean. Most of them… …
113Intermontane (plaque tectonique) — Plaque Intermontane Plaque Intermontane [[Fichier:|250px|Carte de la Plaque Intermontane]] Éponyme Îles Intermontane Composition Plaque principale Frontières …
114Plaque Intermontane — Éponyme Îles Intermontane modifier  …
115HIMALAYENNE (CHAÎNE) — Exceptionnelle par son altitude – beaucoup de ses sommets dépassent 8 000 m –, la chaîne himalayenne est également exceptionnelle sur le plan géologique. Elle représente la chaîne de collision type [cf. CHAÎNES DE MONTAGNES (typologie)], dont il… …
116PALÉOGÉOGRAPHIE — Après plus d’un siècle de difficultés, liées à l’insuffisance de nos connaissances, la reconstitution des visages successifs de la Terre – objet de la paléogéographie – est aujourd’hui l’une des préoccupations majeures des sciences de la Terre.… …
117Andes — This article is about the mountain range in South America. For other uses, see Andes (disambiguation). Andes (Quechua: Anti(s/kuna)) Range …
118Laramide orogeny — The Laramide orogeny was a period of mountain building in western North America, which started in the Late Cretaceous, 70 to 80 million years ago, and ended 35 to 55 million years ago. The exact duration and ages of beginning and end of the… …
1191700 Cascadia earthquake — The 1700 Cascadia Earthquake was a magnitude 8.7 ndash; 9.2 megathrust earthquake that occurred in the Cascadia subduction zone in 1700. [cite web|url=http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2007/10/outreach3.html|title=USGS Scientist Shows Evidence for 300… …
120Mount Fee — as seen from the northeast Elevation …
