Nazca Plate - Geologic History

Geologic History

See also: Farallon Plate

The precursor of the Nazca Plate and the Cocos Plate to its north was the Farallon Plate, which split in late Oligocene times, about 22.8 Mya, a date arrived at by interpreting magnetic anomalies.

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