PLATE CIRCUIT CLOSURE
SOME MOTIONS ARE DERIVED USING DATA FROM OTHER PLATES
THE RATE AT WHICH THE JUAN DE FUCA PLATE SUBDUCTS BENEATH THE NORTH AMERICAN PLATE IS FOUND BY COMBINING:
DIRECTION & RATE OF JUAN DE FUCA-PACIFIC SPREADING AT THE JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE
DIRECTION & RATE OF NORTH AMERICA-PACIFIC MOTION FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA AND SAN ANDREAS (TRANSFORM) FAULT