Miocene Timeline Cards Part B – Miocene Epoch Antarctica The N. American Begins Separates from tectonic plate Australia and pushes material South America up as it collides with the Pacific plate, creating the St. Elias Mountains Surveyor Channel African plate Pliocene Epoch submarine fan collides with begins forms distributing Europe sediments fron onshore Alaska to deep waters in the Gulf of Alaska
Miocene Timeline Cards – Part B Miocene Epoch Begins Antarctica Separates from Australia and South America The N. American tectonic plate pushes material up as it collides with the Pacific plate, creating the St. Elias Mountains Surveyor Channel submarine fan forms distributing sediments fron onshore Alaska to deep waters in the Gulf of Alaska African plate collides with Europe Pliocene Epoch begins