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(Solved): The Pacific and South American Plates meet at the west coast of South America. When we look at the ...
The Pacific and South American Plates meet at the west coast of South America. When we look at the earthquakes near this plate boundary, we find that almost all earthquakes are on the South American side of the boundary, and they get deeper the farther they are from that boundary. Using this information, which plate is being subducted below the other plate? ArcGIS \( ~ C \) Cracked plates - Earth Science Geolnquiries \( { }^{\top} M \) ?Basemap | Share Print - ? Bookmarks
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The Pacific Plate is subducting below the South American Plate. Neither, this is a convergent plate boundary. Neither, both plates are pushing up. The South American Plate is subducting below the Pacific Plate.