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D. Hardin

BLOCK FAULTED MOUNTAINS Sierra Madres

D. Hardin BLOCK FAULTED MOUNTAINS Sierra Madres

D. Hardin BLOCK FAULTED MOUNTAINS Sierra Madre Occidental Copper Canyon

D. Hardin BLOCK FAULTED MOUNTAINS Sierra Madre Oriental

D. Hardin BLOCK FAULTED MOUNTAINS Fossil fuel deposits Gulf of Mexico

D. Hardin BLOCK FAULTED MOUNTAINS Fossil fuel deposits Gulf of Mexico

D. Hardin BLOCK FAULTED MOUNTAINS Mexican Plateau

D. Hardin Durango BLOCK FAULTED MOUNTAINS Mexican Plateau Chihuahua

D. Hardin TRANSFORM BOUNDARY Gulf of California/Baja California

D. Hardin Gulf of California/Baja California TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

D. Hardin million ybp million ybp5-2 million ybp Gulf of California/Baja California TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

D. Hardin TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

D. Hardin TRANSFORM BOUNDARY Guatemala, ’6” 9’2” 2’2” 2’4”

D. Hardin El Salvador TRANSFORM BOUNDARY Haiti, 2010 Cayman Trench

D. Hardin SUBDUCTION ZONE Cocos Plate subduction zone

D. Hardin SUBDUCTION ZONE EARTHQUAKES Mexico

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