The geology of Costa Rica is part of the Panama Microplate, which is slowly moving north relative to the stable Caribbean Plate. In the late Cretaceous, an oceanic trench or back-arc system formed in connection with a subduction zone, situated where the Isthmus of Panama is now located.
The geology of Costa Rica is part of the Panama Microplate, which is slowly moving north relative to the stable Caribbean Plate. In the late Cretaceous, an oceanic trench or back-arc system formed in connection with a subduction zone, situated where the Isthmus of Panama is now located.
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