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California went to passive to active margin about 250 millions because __________.

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the direction of subduction along the western margin of North America reversed, in which sea floor began subducting under the North American continent in the location of present-day Sierra Nevada, beginning the early stages of the Sierra Nevada mountain range's formation.
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