What type of plate boundary is directly west (and adjacent) to the plate on which Montana is located?

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Justine Beck

19 September, 08:49

What type of plate boundary is directly west (and adjacent) to the plate on which Montana is located?

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Bobbie · Answer 1

Pacific plate boundary.

Explanation:

The Montana falls in the North American boundary and the pacific plate lies west to this plate and is a major tectonic plate and it consists of the hotspots and in the interior and the Hawaiian islands. Being a major oceans plate its motion is northwestwards. And is considered as a divergent boundary.

Slade Massey · Answer 2

Transform plate boundary

Explanation:

Montana is a part of the North American plate. Towards the west of this city Montana, there is a transform plate boundary, where the Pacific plate slide past the North American plate, giving rise to the formation of the world-famous San Andreas fault. A large number of shallow focus destructive earthquakes are generated every year in this region. This is an earthquake-prone zone. This fault about 1200 kilometers long and passes through the city of California, and here the fault is a strike-slip fault which is right-lateral in nature.