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Extensional faulting observed in southwestern Mexico has been related to the incipient rifting of the Jalisco block from the Mexican mainland since the Pliocene. On the basis of new structural and geophysical data, we propose that (1) the continental boundaries of the Jalisco block are ancient structures reactivated since the Pliocene at a low (<1 mm/yr) rate of deformation, and (2) Pliocene-Quaternary extensional faulting at the edges of Jalisco block is a basement-controlled intraplate deformation related to plate boundary forces rather than to active continental rifting. The Jalisco block boundaries first developed in response to the uplift of the Puerto Vallarta batholith in pre-Neogene time and underwent a complex contractile deformation before the Pliocene. During Pliocene-Quaternary times north-northeast extension reactivated the northern boundary, forming the Tepic-Zacoalco rift, whereas east-southeast extension formed the northern Colima rift. South of the Colima volcano, active extension is found only west of the so-called southern Colima rift and partly reactivates old northeast-trending basement faults. The parallelism between the subducted Rivera-Cocos plate boundary zone and the eastern neotectonic boundary of the Jalisco block supports eastsoutheastward motion of the southern Mexican blocks induced by the differential motion and oblique subduction of the Cocos and Rivera plates. On the other hand, we envisage Pliocene-Quaternary extension along the northern boundary as an upper-plate response to the low convergence rate and the steep subduction angle of the Rivera plate.
Answer:
population pyramids
Explanation:
Population pyramids show the structure of a population by comparing relative numbers of people in different age groups.
Population structures differ markedly between Less Economically Developed Countries LEDCs and More Economically Developed Countries MEDCs.
The shape of a population pyramid can tell us a lot about an area's population.
Usually pyramids are drawn with the percentage of male population on the left and percentage of female population on the right.
It gives us information about birth and death rates as well as life expectancy.
The cascade volcanoes were formed by the subduction of the Juan De Fuca, Explorer and the Gorda Plate (remnants of the much larger Farallon Plate) under the North American Plate alone the Cascadia subduction zone
The Panama Canal because it makes the most money and is the most important out of all the four.
Answer:
D) it turns steam when released
Explanation:
In a nuclear reactor, the superheated water leaving turns to steam when released and it in turn is channeled to turn turbines in order to produce electricity.
- A nuclear reaction is used to generate current through a series of processes.
- The reaction produces a significant amount of heat energy.
- This heat energy is used to superheat water and convert it to steam.
- The steam is then channeled to drive turbines whose mechanical rotation produces electricity.
