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Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining to building') is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere...113 KB (13,680 words) - 12:05, 12 July 2024- This is a list of tectonic plates on Earth's surface. Tectonic plates are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere...20 KB (3,086 words) - 12:28, 15 July 2024
The North American Plate is a tectonic plate containing most of North America, Cuba, the Bahamas, extreme northeastern Asia, and parts of Iceland and...10 KB (1,171 words) - 13:37, 8 March 2024
Pacific Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. At 103 million km2 (40 million sq mi), it is the largest tectonic plate. The...9 KB (971 words) - 21:24, 28 May 2024
The Nazca Plate or Nasca Plate, named after the Nazca region of southern Peru, is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the...9 KB (994 words) - 05:40, 27 February 2024
The Indian Plate (or India Plate) is a minor tectonic plate straddling the equator in the Eastern Hemisphere. Originally a part of the ancient continent...14 KB (1,548 words) - 20:42, 16 June 2024- This is a list of articles related to plate tectonics and tectonic plates. Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining...14 KB (4,282 words) - 12:15, 30 October 2023
thinning of the crust or the lithosphere. This type of tectonics is found at divergent plate boundaries, in continental rifts, during and after a period...14 KB (1,479 words) - 01:10, 9 May 2024
The Australian Plate is a major tectonic plate in the eastern and, largely, southern hemispheres. Originally a part of the ancient continent of Gondwana...22 KB (2,734 words) - 01:02, 23 June 2024
The Juan de Fuca Plate is a small tectonic plate (microplate) generated from the Juan de Fuca Ridge that is subducting beneath the northerly portion of...12 KB (1,316 words) - 10:15, 16 December 2023
Tectonic plate interactions are classified into three basic types: Convergent boundaries are areas where plates move toward each other and collide. These...9 KB (1,108 words) - 04:34, 8 May 2024
The Anatolian Sub-Plate is a continental tectonic plate that is separated from the Eurasian plate and the Arabian plate by the North Anatolian Fault and...6 KB (693 words) - 05:08, 12 February 2024
The African Plate, also known as the Nubian Plate, is a major tectonic plate that includes much of the continent of Africa (except for its easternmost...8 KB (868 words) - 01:00, 23 June 2024
The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and...9 KB (1,013 words) - 08:27, 5 June 2024
Plate was an ancient oceanic tectonic plate. It formed one of the three main plates of Panthalassa, alongside the Izanagi Plate and the Phoenix Plate...11 KB (1,145 words) - 01:30, 25 June 2024
Divergent boundary (redirect from Divergent tectonic plates)In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary (also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary) is a linear feature...6 KB (761 words) - 15:50, 12 May 2024
The Somali Plate is a minor tectonic plate which straddles the Equator in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is currently in the process of separating from the...5 KB (533 words) - 13:08, 22 February 2024
The Philippine Sea Plate or the Philippine Plate is a tectonic plate comprising oceanic lithosphere that lies beneath the Philippine Sea, to the east...4 KB (401 words) - 18:16, 9 May 2024
Tectonic uplift is the geologic uplift of Earth's surface that is attributed to plate tectonics. While isostatic response is important, an increase in...12 KB (1,690 words) - 14:19, 23 April 2024
The Arabian Plate is a minor tectonic plate in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres. It is one of the three continental plates (along with the African...6 KB (619 words) - 08:27, 6 January 2024
- English Wikipedia has an article on: tectonic plate Wikipedia tectonic plate (plural tectonic plates) (geology) Any of several large pieces of the Earth's
- dangerous. Tectonic Earthquake: The Earth’s crust comprises of the slab of rocks of uneven shapes. These slab of rocks are tectonic plates. Furthermore
- the fundamental idea, the big discovery in all of geology is plate tectonics. Plate tectonics is a great idea. It is fantastic. It changed the world. But
- lithosphere. Each piece is a tectonic plate or simply plate. Plates have highly irregular shape, varying thickness and varying size. Plates where oceanic crust