Geology of the Rocky Mountains Japan, Indonesia and the Aleutians; others are fragments of oceanic crust obducted onto the continental margin while others represent small isolated mid-oceanic islands. Magma generated above the subducting slab rose into the North American continental crust about inland. Great arc-shaped volcanic mountain ranges, known as the Sierran Arc, grew as lava and ash spewed out of dozens of individual volcanoes. Beneath the surface, great masses of molten rock were injected and hardened in place. For 270 million years, the effects of plate collisions were focused very near the edge of the North American plate boundary, far to the west of
The Edge of the Earth EP", which was released in September 2013. The second track, "Against the Voices", has been a "long-time fan favorite," as the song was first played by the band live in 2010. However, it hadn't made the cut for Switchfoot's two previous full-length albums, "Vice Verses" (2011) and "Fading West" (2014). According to the band, the song "What It Costs" marked the first song recording for which bassist Tim Foreman provided lead vocals, replacing his brother Jon Foreman. The Edge of the Earth The Edge of the Earth is an extended play by American rock band Switchfoot, released digitally on September