So now we arrive to my hometown, Seattle, Washington. There are so many things to do in Seattle….going to the top of the space needle, visiting Pike Place Market, sightseeing down by the waterfront, going to the EMP. Hey; I could be your tour guide! Wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. We’re supposed to be talking about plate tectonics.
The Strait of Juan is a large body of water about 95 miles long. It forms the principal outlet for the Georgia Strait and Puget Sound, connecting both to the Pacific Ocean. It provides part of the international boundary between the US and Canada. The Juan de Fuca plate is generated from the Juan de Fuca ridge, and subducting under the northerly portion of the western side fo the North American Plate at the Cascadia subduction zone. The Strait of Juan de Fuca is an effective example of Subducting Convergent Boundaries. Subduction is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate, sinking into the Earth’s mantle as the plates converge. A subduction zone is an area on Earth where two tectonic plates move toward one another and one slides under the other.
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