Please search for “Mendoza, Argentina”.  Zoom out a little bit and notice the large mountains to the west. Navigate a bit further west and you’ll see the Pacific Ocean.  Not far off the coast of South America you will see a large, linear feature that is dark blue and parallels the coast line. Based on what you learned in lecture and what you see here, this feature is the result of:   a divergent plate boundary creating a trough   an earth fissure that has mysteriously opened up   Strike-slip faulting just off the coast creating a linear fracture   subduction creating an ocean trench

Please search for “Mendoza, Argentina”.  Zoom out a little bit and notice the large mountains to the west. Navigate a bit further west and you’ll see the Pacific Ocean.  Not far off the coast of South America you will see a large, linear feature that is dark blue and parallels the coast line. Based on what you learned in lecture and what you see here, this feature is the result of: