...there is a growing body of evidence that tectonic forces are at work that will ultimately tear the North American Continent apart...
...these same tectonic forces are at work in the continent of Africa...and it is a recognized scientific fact that East Africa will eventually be rifted away from the main body of the continent...most probably starting at the Afar triangle...
...but...as yet...there seems to be some force at work in the human psyche that causes us...the inhabitants of North America...to deny that the same thing can happen here...where we live...
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...these phenomena reflect hydrologic...magmatic...tectonic processes...
...and are indicative of heat flow and tectonic extension in the Basin and Range Province...
...current tectonic conditions on the leading edge of the North American Plate indicate further evolution of the East Pacific Rise and the detachment of the western margin of the North American Plate from the core of the continent...
...the tectonic plates associated with the East Pacific Rise are in a high energy configuration that will probably evolve...in time...with some portions of the continent being transformed into an archipelago...
...two problem areas are immediately evident regarding the current tectonic configuration of the...North American...Pacific...Farallon...plate boundaries...