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Parts of Arizona located in the Sonoran Desert have warm daytime temperatures year round, while other parts of the state experience seasonal coldness regularly. The average daily temperatures of Yuma, which is located near Arizona's southwestern corner, range from 43 to 67 °F (6 to 19 °C) in January, and from 81 to 107 °F (27 to 42 °C) in July.
As the oceanic plate subsided under North America, it generated partial melting conditions that formed volcanoes on the surface in California and Arizona. Volcanic activity commenced in western Arizona around 205 million years ago, kicking off the Nevadan orogeny , which lasted until 145 million years ago, spanning the Triassic into the Jurassic .
Guadalupe Canyon Creek, tributary to the San Bernardino River joins it at just below Dieciocho de Augusto, Sonora. Whitewater Draw : originally considered the upper reach of the Rio de Agua Prieta , it enters Mexico as the head of Rio de Agua Prieta, which runs southward then southeast to join the Rio de San Bernardino , at La Junta de los Rios ...
Each boundary type is associated with different geological marine features. Divergent plates are the cause for mid-ocean ridge systems while convergent plates are responsible for subduction zones and the creation of deep ocean trenches. Transform boundaries cause earthquakes, displacement of rock, and crustal deformation. [8] [27] [26] [28]
Arizona transition zone: Mogollon Rim and White Mountains (Arizona) in east the transition zone region (diagonal across Arizona–NW-to-E-central); Colorado Plateau to northeast, lower level deserts of Basin and Range to west-(NW), SW, and south Canyon Lands: Monument Valley: the Canyonlands of SE Utah and NE Arizona see: Physiographic regions ...
Obduction zones occurs when the continental plate is pushed under the oceanic plate, but this is unusual as the relative densities of the tectonic plates favours subduction of the oceanic plate. This causes the oceanic plate to buckle and usually results in a new mid-ocean ridge forming and turning the obduction into subduction.
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The northernmost part of the Atlantic Ocean was also formed at this time when Europe and Greenland separated. About 60 million years ago a new rift and oceanic ridge formed between Greenland and Europe, separating them and initiating the formation of oceanic crust in the Norwegian Sea and the Eurasian Basin in the eastern Arctic Ocean.