Image Plates tect2 en.svg thumb right 300px legend FEE6AA border 1px solid 000 2 The Pacificplate, shown in pale yellow The PacificPlate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean . At 105 million square kilometres, it is the largest tectonic plate. The north eastern side is a divergent boundary with the Explorer Plate , the Juan de Fuca Plate and the Gorda Plate forming respectively ... side is a transform boundary with the North American Plate along the San Andreas Fault , and a boundary with the Cocos Plate . The south eastern side is a divergent boundary with the Nazca Plate forming the East Pacific Rise . The southern side is a divergent boundary with the Antarctic Plate forming the Pacific Antarctic Ridge . The western side, the plate is bounded by the Okhotsk Plate at the Kuril ... boundary between the two plates, and further south the Indo Australian Plate subducts under the PacificPlate forming the Puysegur trench Puysegur Trench . The southern part of Zealandia continent Zealandia , which is to the east of this boundary, is the plate s largest block of continental crust. The northern side is a convergent boundary subducting under the North American Plate forming the Aleutian Trench and the corresponding Aleutian Islands . The PacificPlate contains an interior ... the Bird s Head Plate to be moving in unison with the PacificPlate. ref cite book title Evolution and Dynamics of the Australian Plate last Hillis first R. R. authorlink coauthors M ller, R. D. year ... of plate boundaries . Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 4 3 1027. doi 10.1029 2001GC000252 . http peterbird.name publications 2003 PB2002 2003 PB2002.htm. ref Paleo geology of the PacificPlate The Pacific ... Sea Plate creating the Mariana Trench , has a transform boundary with the Caroline Plate , and has a collision boundary with the North Bismarck Plate . In the south west, the PacificPlate has a complex but generally convergent boundary with the Indo Australian Plate , subducting under ... more details
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The Phoenix Plate also known as the Aluk Plate was an ancient tectonic plate that existed during the mid Cretaceous through early Tertiary time. The Phoenix Plate began subduct ing under the Antarctic Plate . The Phoenix Ridge , a mid oceanic ridge between the PacificPlatePacific and the Phoenix Plates which had a spreading rate of 18 20 cm per year until around 84 Annum Ma . A major decrease in spreading rate, and the convergence rate with the Antarctic Plate occurred around 52.3 Ma. During the Late Cretaceous , the Phoenix Plate fragmented into the Charcot Plate , much in the same way in which the Rivera Plate Rivera and the Cocos Plate were formed by the fragmentation of the Farallon Plate . References McCarron, Joe J. and Robert D. Larter, Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary subduction history of the Antarctic Peninsula, Journal of the Geological Society, March 1998 Category Historical tectonic plates Category Cretaceous Category Paleogene Category Natural history of Antarctica tectonics stub palaeo geo stub fr Plaque de Ph nix uk ... more details
The Tonga Plate is a small southwest Pacific tectonic plate or microplate. It is centered at approximately 19 S. latitude and 173 E. longitude. The plate is an elongated plate oriented NNE SSW and is a northward continuation of the Kermadec linear zone north of New Zealand. The plate is bounded on the east and north by the PacificPlate , on the northwest by the Niuafo ou Plate Niuaf ou Microplate , on the west and south by the Indo Australian Plate . The Tonga plate is subducting the Pacificplate along the Tonga Trench . This subduction turns into a transform fault boundary north of Tonga. An active rift or spreading center separates the Tonga from the Australian plate and the Niuafo ou microplate to the west. The Tonga plate is seismically very active and is rotating clockwise. These were the plates that moved when the 2009 Samoa earthquake 2009 tsunami hit Samoa. References Bird, P., An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4 3 , 1027, doi 10.1029 2001GC000252 , 2003. Tectonic plates DEFAULTSORT Tonga Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Natural history of Oceania Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean tectonics stub ca Placa de Tonga eu Tonga Plaka fr Plaque des Tonga ko ja pl P yta Tonga pt Placa de Tonga ru uk zh ... more details
File Nazca Plate map fr.png thumb The Easter Plate is visible on this map on the left of the Nazca Plate . The Easter Plate is a small 550 km x 410 km tectonic plate or microplate in the southeastern Pacific. The plate is bounded on the west by the PacificPlate , and the east by the Nazca Plate . The entire plate is covered by the Pacific Ocean . Easter Plate is named after Easter Island le de P ques which is to the east of it on the adjacent Nazca Plate. References Bird, P., An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4 3 , 1027, doi 10.1029 2001GC000252, 2003. http element.ess.ucla.edu publications 2003 PB2002 2003 PB2002.htm also available as a PDF file 13 mb http element.ess.ucla.edu publications 2003 PB2002 2001GC000252.pdf coord missing Chile Tectonic plates Geology of Chile DEFAULTSORT Easter Plate Category Tectonic plates Category Easter Island Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean Tectonics stub eu Pazko Plaka fr Plaque de l le de P ques ko it Placca dell Isola di Pasqua ja pl P yta Wyspy Wielkanocnej ru uk zh ... more details
Image North America subduction.jpg thumb right 250px Plate distribution between 64 and 74 million years ago. The Kula Plate, shown in blue. The Kula Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate under the northern Pacific Ocean south of the Near Islands segment of the Aleutian Islands . It is subduction subducting under the North American Plate at the Aleutian Trench and is surrounded by the PacificPlate . There is a portion of the Kula Plate at the surface in the southern Bering Sea . Geological history The Kula Plate began subduct ing under the Pacific Northwest region of North America during the Late Cretaceous period much like the PacificPlate does, supporting a large volcanic arc system from northern ... junction of three ridges between the Kula Plate to the north, the PacificPlate to the west and the Farallon Plate to the east. The Kula Plate was subducted under the North American Plate at a relatively ... Plate. About 55 million years ago, the Kula Plate began an even more northerly motion. Riding on the Kula Plate was the Pacific Rim Terrane consisting of volcanic rock volcanic and sedimentary rocks. It was scraped ... . By 40 million years ago, the compressional force of the Kula Plate ceased. The existence of the Kula Plate was inferred from the westward bend in the alternating pattern of Geomagnetic reversal magnetic anomalies in the PacificPlate . Name The name Kula is from a Tlingit language word meaning ... of the name, a small remnant of the Kula Plate still exists. ref http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 2000GeoJI.142...27G Signature of remnant slabs in the North Pacific from P wave tomography ref See also Farallon Plate Kula Farallon Ridge Pacific Kula Ridge Izanagi Plate External links http www.uwgb.edu dutchs platetec kula.htm Reconstruction of the Kula Plate http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa The 20Challis 20Episode.htm Kula Plate in the area of the present Northwestern United States http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa Coast 20Range 20Episode.htm Kula plate when it separates ... more details
Image Juan de fuca plate.png right thumb 300px A map of the Juan de Fuca Plate showing the BASEPAGENAME above it. The Explorer Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Vancouver Island , Canada . The eastern boundary of the Explorer Plate is being slowly subduction subducted under the North American Plate , to which it may eventually Accretion geology accrete owing to the slow rate of subduction. The southern boundary is a collection of transform fault transform faults , the Sovanco Fracture Zone , separating the Explorer Plate from the PacificPlate . To the southeast is another transform boundary, the Nootka Fault separating it from the Juan de Fuca Plate . To the northwest is a divergent boundary with the PacificPlate forming the Explorer Ridge . The Explorer Plate is the northernmost remnant of the Farallon Plate . See also Geology of the Pacific Northwest External links http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa Cascade 20Episode.htm Cascadia tectonic history Category Tectonic plates Category Natural history of North America tectonics stub tectonic plates de Explorer Platte es Placa del Explorador eu Esploratzailearen Plaka fr Plaque Explorer it Placca Explorer pl P yta Explorer ru uk zh ... more details
Image Balmoral Reef and Conway Reef Plates map fr.png thumb right 375x375px Map of the Futuna Plate and its neighbouring plates in French The Futuna Plate is a very small tectonic plate located near the south Pacific island of Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Futuna . It is sandwiched between the PacificPlate to the north and the Australian Plate to the south with the Niuafo ou Plate to the east. References Bird, P. 2003 An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4 3 , 1027, doi 10.1029 2001GC000252. http peterbird.name publications 2003 PB2002 2003 PB2002.htm Tectonic plates DEFAULTSORT Futuna Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean tectonics stub ca Placa de Futuna ko ja pl P yta Futuna zh ... more details
The Moa Plate was an ancient oceanic plate that formed in the Early Cretaceous south of the PacificPlatePacific Phoenix Plate Phoenix Mid oceanic ridge Ridge . The Moa Plate was obliquely subduct ed beneath the Gondwana margin, and material accreted from it is now part of the Eastern Province of New Zealand . ref cite news author Rupert Sutherland and Chris Hollis publisher Geology date March 2001 v. 29 no. 3 pages 279 282 title Cretaceous demise of the Moa plate and strike slip motion at the Gondwana margin url http geology.geoscienceworld.org cgi content abstract 29 3 279 ref References reflist Category Tectonic plates Category Historical tectonic plates Category Historical geology Category Mesozoic Category Geology of New Zealand tectonics stub palaeo geo stub ... more details
Image Okinawa Plate map fr.png thumb right 375x375px Map of the Okinawa Plate and its neighbouring plates in French language French The Okinawa Plate is a long narrow tectonic plate stretching from the northern end of Taiwan to the southern tip of the island of Ky sh . To the east lies the Ryukyu Trench and the PacificPlate . It is separated from the Yangtze Plate often considered part of the Eurasian Plate by a rift that forms the Okinawa Trough which is a Back arc basin . References Bird, P. 2003 An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4 3 , 1027, doi 10.1029 2001GC000252 . http peterbird.name publications 2003 PB2002 2003 PB2002.htm East Asia plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean tectonics stub ca Placa d Okinawa de Okinawa Platte fr Plaque d Okinawa ko he ja pl P yta okinawska ru uk zh ... more details
Image Bird s Head Plate map fr.png thumb 300px Map of the Woodlark Plate The Woodlark Plate is a small tectonic plate located in the eastern half of the island of New Guinea . The Caroline plate subduction zone subducts along its northern border while the Maoke Plate convergent boundary converges on the west, the Australian plate converges on the south, and on the east an undefined compressive zone which may be a transform fault marking the boundary with the adjoining Solomon Sea Plate . References Bird, P. 2003 An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems , 4 3 , 1027, doi 10.1029 2001GC000252 . http peterbird.name publications 2003 PB2002 2003 PB2002.htm Tectonic plates SE Asia plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean tectonics stub ko ja pl P yta Woodlark zh ... more details
Image Niuafo ou Plate map fr.png thumb right 375x375px Map of the Niuafo ou Plate and its neighbouring plates in French language French The Niuafo ou Plate is a small tectonic plate located west of the islands of Tonga . This plate is sandwiched between the PacificPlate to the north, the very unstable Tonga Plate to the east and the Australian Plate to the west. It is primarily surrounded by convergent boundary s. This plate is riddled with active fault geology faults thus making the area extremely earthquake prone. References cite journal last Bird first P. year 2003 title An updated digital model of plate boundaries journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems volume 4 issue 3 pages 1027 url http peterbird.name publications 2003 PB2002 2003 PB2002.htm doi 10.1029 2001GC000252 Tectonic plates DEFAULTSORT Niuafo ou Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean tectonics stub ca Placa de Niuafo ou eu Niuafo ouko plaka fr Plaque de Niuafo ou ko it Placca Niuafo ou ja pl P yta Niuafo ou ru uk zh ... more details
Image Bird s Head Plate map fr.png thumb 300px Map of the Caroline Plate as Carolines The Caroline Plate is a small tectonic plate located north of New Guinea . It forms a subduction zone along the border with the Bird s Head Plate and the Woodlark Plate to the south. A transform boundary forms the northern border with the PacificPlate . Along the border with the Philippine Sea Plate is a convergent boundary that transitions into a rift . References Bird, P. 2003 An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4 3 , 1027, doi 10.1029 2001GC000252. http peterbird.name publications 2003 PB2002 2003 PB2002.htm Bracey, D.R. 1983 Geophysics and tectonic development of the Caroline Basin, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office TR283. Tectonic plates SE Asia plates DEFAULTSORT Caroline Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean tectonics stub de Karolinenplatte eu Caroline Plaka fr Plaque des Carolines ko ja pl P yta karoli ska uk zh ... more details
Image Manus Plate map fr.png thumb right 375x375px Map of the Manus Plate and its neighboring plates in French language French The Manus Plate is a tiny tectonic plate located northeast of New Guinea . It is sandwiched between the North Bismarck Plate and the South Bismarck Plate . References 50. Bird, P. 2003 An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4 3 , 1027, doi 10.1029 2001GC000252. http peterbird.name publications 2003 PB2002 2003 PB2002.htm Tectonic plates SE Asia plates DEFAULTSORT Manus Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean tectonics stub ca Placa de Manus eu Manusko plaka fr Plaque de Manus ko ja pl P yta Manus ru uk zh ... more details
Halmahera Plate has recently 1990s been postulated to be a tectonic plate microplate within the Molucca ... basin via subduction in two directions. The Molucca Sea Plate has been subsumed by tectonic microplates, the Halmahera Plate and the Sangihe Plate . The whole complexity is now known as the Molucca ... of Halmahera Plate and Sangihe Plate over Molucca Sea Plate subducted below Philippine Sea Plate The existence of Halmahera as a tectonic plate separate from the Molucca Sea Plate is not yet entirely agreed upon by paleogeologists. Some see Halmahera as an eastern slab of the Molucca Sea Plate, just as they regard Sangihe as a western slab of the Molucca Sea Plate. What is apparent to date ... Ma. ref name Hall R. Hall and W. Spakman, Australian Plate Tomography and Tectonics in R. R. Hillis, R. D. M ller, Evolution and Dynamics of the Australian Plate, Geological Society of America Special ... while the Molucca Sea plate is completely subsumed below these two microplates. The southern boundary of the Molucca Sea Plate is also the boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate and the Australian Plate , and is moving northwards. Since the Sangihe Plate and the Halmahera Plate are in continuity with the Molucca Sea Plate, this implies all three slabs are moving northward in mantle with the Australian Plate . ref name Hall A broad high velocity zone beneath the Bird s Head Plate at 400 600 ... Plate, and another broad high velocity zone beneath the Celebes Sea at 700 1000 km depth is interpreted as a remnant slab below the Sangihe Plate, both remnants having originated from a slab ... a tectonic plate base. More recent studies in the 1990s and later, have displaced this theory with the Halmahera Plate theory. ref name Hall See also Philippine Mobile Belt Molucca Sea Collision Zone References reflist Tectonic plates SE Asia plates DEFAULTSORT Halmahera Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of the Pacific ... more details
The Izanagi Plate was an ancient tectonic plate , which began Subduction subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate Okhotsk section of the North American Plate during 130 100 Ma. The rapid plate motion of the Izanagi Plate caused the northward drift of north west Japan and the outer zone of south west Japan. Sanbagawa metamorphic rocks were formed in the eastern margin of the drifting land mass, while Abukuma metamorphic rocks were formed in its western margin. At approximately 95 Ma, the Izanagi Plate was completely subducted and replaced by the western PacificPlate which also subducted in the north western direction. Subducted related magmatism took place near the Ryoke belt . No marked tectonics occurred in the Abunkuma belt after the change of the subducted plate. See also Kula Plate Farallon Plate List of tectonic plates External links http www.geo.arizona.edu geo5xx geo527 Japan geodynamic index.html Geodynamics of Japan http www.dinodata.net Golonka fig25x.pdf late Cenomanian early Campanian PDF not available without registration free Category Tectonic plates Category Historical tectonic plates Category Cretaceous Category Natural history of Japan Category Natural history of Asia tectonics stub palaeo geo stub fr Plaque Izanagi ja zh ... more details
Image Plates tect2 en.svg thumb right 300px legend 90A0C0 border 1px solid 000 2 The Antarctic plate, shown in blue The Antarctic Plate is a tectonic plate covering the continent of Antarctica and extending outward under the surrounding ocean s. The Antarctic Plate has a boundary with the Nazca Plate , the South American Plate , the African Plate , the Indo Australian Plate , the Scotia Plate and a divergent boundary with the PacificPlate forming the Pacific Antarctic Ridge . The Antarctic plate is roughly 60,900,000 square kilometers. ref http www.ees1.lanl.gov Wohletz SFT Tectonics.htm SFT and the Earth s Tectonic Plates ref It is the fifth biggest plate in the world. The Antarctic plate movement is estimated at least 1 centimeter per year towards the Atlantic Ocean . Citation needed date September 2010 References Reflist Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of Antarctica Category Geology of Chile Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean Category Geology of the Indian Ocean Category Geology of the Southern Ocean tectonics stub ca Placa ant rtica cs Antarktick deska de Antarktische Platte et Antarktika laam es Placa Ant rtica eu Antartikako plaka fr Plaque antarctique gl Placa ant rtica ko hi hr Antarkti ka plo a it Placca antartica he lt Antarktidos plok t nl Antarctische Plaat ja pl P yta antarktyczna pt Placa da Ant rtica ru sk Antarktick plat a sh Antarkti ka plo a fi Antarktiksen laatta uk vi M ng Nam C c zh ... more details
Image Yangtse Plate map fr.png thumb right 375x375px Map of the Yangtze Plate and its neighbouring plates in French language French The Yangtze Plate , also called the South China Block or the South China Subplate, comprises the bulk of southern China . It is separated on the east from the Okinawa Plate by a rift that forms the Okinawa Trough which is a Back arc basin , on the south by the Sunda Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate , and on the north and west by the Eurasian Plate . The Longmenshan Fault on the latter border was the site of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake 2008 Wenchuan earthquake . ref name Wenchuan cause cite web url http www.cea.gov.cn manage html 8a8587881632fa5c0116674a018300cf content 08 05 30 1212119940937.html title 8.0 Cause Analysis of the M8.0 Wenchuan earthquake date 2008 05 30 publisher China Earthquake Administration accessdate 2008 09 07 language Chinese ref The Yangtze Plate was formed by the disaggregation of Rodinia Supercontinent 750 million years ago, in the Neoproterozoic era geology era . In Triassic the Yangtze Plate collided with the North China Plate and formed the Sichuan basin . In Cenozoic the Yangtze Plate was influenced by the collision of the Indian plate Indian and Eurasian plate Eurasian plates creating the uplifting of the Longmen Mountains . ref cite news url http www.springerlink.com content fg141804n5374301 fulltext.pdf publisher Chinese Science Bulletin date 2007 11 accessdate 2009 10 04 title Formation and evolution of the Chinese marine basins author JIA ChengZao, LI BenLiang, ZHANG XingYang & LI ChuanXin ref Its southward motion is accommodated along the Red River fault . References Bird, P. 2003 An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4 3 , 1027, doi 10.1029 2001GC000252 ... Indochina plates DEFAULTSORT Yangtze Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of China Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean ... more details
Image Kermadec Plate map fr.png thumb the Kermadec Plate. The Kermadec Plate is a long narrow tectonic plate located west of the Kermadec Trench in the south Pacific. Also included on this plate is a portion of the North Island of New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands . It is separated from the Australian Plate by a long divergent boundary which forms a back arc basin . This area is highly prone to earthquakes . References cite journal last Bird first P. year 2003 title An updated digital model of plate boundaries journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems volume 4 issue 3 pages 1027 url http peterbird.name publications 2003 PB2002 2003 PB2002.htm doi 10.1029 2001GC000252 Tectonic plates DEFAULTSORT Kermadec Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of New Zealand Category New Zealand seafloor oceanography Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean tectonics stub ca Placa de les Kermadec eu Kermadec Plaka fr Plaque des Kermadec ko ja pl P yta Kermadec ru uk zh ... more details
Image Maoke Plate map fr.png thumb right 375x375px Map of the Banda Sea Plate as Mer de Banda and its neighbouring plates in French language French The Maoke Plate is a small tectonic plate located in western New Guinea underlying the Sudirman Range from which the highest mountain on the island Puncak Jaya rises. To its east is a convergent boundary with the Woodlark Plate . To the south lies a transform boundary with the Australian Plate and the Bird s Head Plate lies to the west. References cite journal last Bird first P. year 2003 title An updated digital model of plate boundaries journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems volume 4 issue 3 pages 1027 url http peterbird.name publications 2003 PB2002 2003 PB2002.htm doi 10.1029 2001GC000252 Tectonic plates SE Asia plates DEFAULTSORT Maoke Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of Indonesia Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean tectonics stub id Lempeng Maoke ca Placa de Maoke eu Maokeetako plaka fr Plaque Maoke ko ja pl P yta Maoke ru uk zh ... more details
File Mariana Plate map fr.png thumb right 375x375px Map of the Mariana Plate as Mariannes and its neighbouring plates in French language French File Cross section of mariana trench.jpg thumb 375px Cross section across the Mariana Plate The Mariana Plate is a small tectonic plate located west of the Mariana Trench and forms the basement of the Mariana Islands . It is separated from the Philippine Sea Plate by a long divergent boundary with numerous transform fault offsets. The boundary between the Mariana and the PacificPlate to the east is a subduction zone with the PacificPlate subducting beneath the Mariana. The Mariana Trench forms the southeastern boundary and the Izu Ogasawara Trench the northeastern. ref cite journal last Bird first P. year 2003 title An updated digital model of plate boundaries journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems volume 4 issue 3 page 1027 url http peterbird.name publications 2003 PB2002 2003 PB2002.htm doi 10.1029 2001GC000252 ref The October 2007 Mariana Islands earthquake Mariana Islands earthquake of October 31, 2007 was a deep earthquake. It had a magnitude of 7.4 and occurred at 21.980 N. Lat. and 142.685 E. Long. at a depth of 261 km. ref cite web url ftp hazards.cr.usgs.gov maps sigeqs 20071031 20071031.pdf title M7.2 Northern Mariana Islands Earthquake of 31 October 2007 publisher USGS accessdate 2009 01 08 ref References Reflist Tectonic plates East Asia plates DEFAULTSORT Mariana Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean tectonics stub ca Placa de les Mariannes eu Mariana Plaka fr Plaque des Mariannes ko ja pl P yta maria ska pt Placa das Marianas ru uk zh ... more details
corner of the plate where the Nazca, Cocos, and Pacific Plates all join off the coast of Colombia . Yet another triple junction occurs at the southwest corner at the intersection of the Nazca, Pacific ...File South American plates.png thumb right 300px legend C2E8E4 The Nazca plate, shown in light blue border ... showing all plates center The Nazca Plate , named after the Nazca region of southern Peru , is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America . The ongoing subduction along the Peru Chile Trench of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate is largely responsible for the Andes Andean orogeny . The Nazca Plate is bound to the west to the PacificPlate and to the south with the Antarctic Plate through the East Pacific Rise and the Chile Rise respectively. The movement of the Nazca Plate over several hotspot geology hotspots has created some volcanic ... is a relatively young plate both in terms of age of rocks and existence as independent plate. Boundaries East Pacific and Chile Rise Main East Pacific Rise Chile Rise A triple junction , the Chile Triple ... Chile Triple Junction ref occurs on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean off Taitao Peninsula Taitao ... meet the Nazca Plate, the South American Plate , and the Antarctic Plate . Peru Chile Trench See also ... Plate and the Andes Mountains , forming the Peru Chile Trench . The southern side is a divergent boundary with the Antarctic Plate, the Chile Rise , where seafloor spreading permits magma to rise. The western side is a divergent boundary with the PacificPlate , forming the East Pacific Rise . The northern side is a divergent boundary with the Cocos Plate , the Galapagos Rise . The subduction of the Nazca plate under southern Chile has a history of producing massive earthquakes including the largest ... Fernandez Plate Juan Fernandez Microplate at the southern junction. The Easter Plate Easter Island Microplate ... Nazca Plate that includes the Gal pagos Islands Gal pagos archipelago at its western end. It is being ... more details
Image Caribbean plate tectonics en.png thumb right 400px Detail of the Cocos and Caribbean plate s Image Tectonic plates Caribbean.png thumb right 300px Detail of tectonic plates from Image Tectonic plates.png ... and Caribbean plates. From Image Plate tectonics map.gif Plate tectonics map The Cocos Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America , named for Cocos Island , which rides upon it. TOC Geology The Cocos Plate is created by sea floor spreading along the East Pacific Rise and the Cocos Ridge , specifically in a complicated area geologists call the Cocos Nazca spreading system. From the rise the plate is pushed eastward and pushed or dragged perhaps both under the less dense overriding Caribbean Plate , in the process called subduction . The subducted ... . The northern boundary of the Cocos Plate is the Middle America Trench . The eastern boundary is a transform ... fracture zone with the Galapagos rift zone, eastern tropical Pacific . ref The western boundary is another mid ocean ridge, the East Pacific Rise . The Cocos and Nazca Plate s are the remnants of the former Farallon Plate , which broke up about 23 million years ago. A Hotspot geology hotspot under the Galapagos Islands lies along the Galapagos Rise. see Galapagos hotspot The Rivera Plate north of the Cocos Plate is thought to have separated from the Cocos Plate 5 10 million years ago. The boundary .... The devastating 1985 Mexico City earthquake was a result of the subduction of the Cocos Plate beneath the North American Plate . The also devastating 2001 El Salvador earthquakes were generated in the subduction of this plate on the Caribbean Plate References reflist External links http sio.ucsd.edu ... VOLUME CHAPTERS SR170 07.PDF Martin Meschede and Udo Barckhausen, Plate tectonic evolution of the Cocos Nazca plate reconstructing its geological evolution tectonics stub Tectonic plates Central America ... Category Geography of Mexico Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean ca Placa de Cocos cs Kokosov deska ... more details
Sangihe Plate has recently 1990s been postulated to be a tectonic plate microplate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone of eastern Indonesia . Regional tectonics The tectonic setting of the Molucca Sea region is unique. It is the only global example of an active arc arc collision consuming an oceanic basin via subduction in two directions. The Molucca Sea Plate has been subsumed by tectonic microplates, the Halmahera Plate and the Sangihe Plate. The whole complexity is now known as the Molucca Sea Collision Zone . The existence of Sangihe as a tectonic plate separate from the Molucca Sea Plate is not yet entirely agreed upon by geologists. Some see Sangihe as a western slab of the Molucca Sea Plate, just as they regard Halmahera as an eastern slab of the Molucca Sea Plate. What is apparent to date is that Sangihe was part of the Molucca Sea slab subducted during the Neogene between 45 Ma and 25 Ma. ref name Hall R. Hall and W. Spakman, Australian Plate Tomography and Tectonics in R. R. Hillis, R. D. M ller, Evolution and Dynamics of the Australian Plate, Geological Society of America Special Papers 2003, 372, p377 ISBN 0813723728 ref Seismology Seismicity shows the west dipping Sangihe ... http books.google.com books?id 8ApSYR NUKUC&pg PA33&lpg PA33&dq sangihe plate depth&source bl&ots ... are exposed to the surface while the Molucca Sea plate is completely subsumed below these two microplates. The southern boundary of the Molucca Sea Plate is also the boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate and the Australian Plate , and is moving northwards. Since the Sangihe Plate and the Halmahera Plate are in continuity with the Molucca Sea Plate, this implies all three slabs are moving northward in mantle with the Australian Plate . ref name Hall See also Philippine Mobile Belt Molucca Sea Collision Zone References reflist Tectonic plates SE Asia plates DEFAULTSORT Halmahera Plate Category ... of the Pacific Ocean Category Geology of Indonesia Category Geology of the Philippines Category Molucca ... more details
Image Timor Plate map fr.png thumb right 375x375px Map of the Timor Plate and its neighbouring plates in French language French The Timor Plate is a microplate in southeast Asia carrying the island of Timor and surrounding islands. The Australian Plate is subducting under the southern edge of the plate, while a small divergent boundary is located on the eastern edge. Another convergent boundary exists with the Banda Sea Plate to the north, and to the west is a transform boundary . References cite journal last Bird first P. year 2003 title An updated digital model of plate boundaries journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems volume 4 issue 3 pages 1027 url http peterbird.name publications 2003 PB2002 2003 PB2002.htm doi 10.1029 2001GC000252 Tectonic plates SE Asia plates DEFAULTSORT Timor Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of Indonesia Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean tectonics stub ca Placa de Timor es Placa de Timor eu Timor Plaka fr Plaque de Timor ko ja pl P yta timorska ru uk zh ... more details
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