The resulting microplate kinematics can account for the complex distribution of compressional, tensional and transcurrent deformations actually observed.
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Along the tectonically active western continental margin, plate subduction and transcurrent plate motion are taking place.
H.S. Hasegawa 1988, 'Neotectonics and inferred movements in Canada', Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finlandhttp://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume60/sgs_bt_060_1_pages_003_025.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)