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  2. Plate tectonics - Wikipedia

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    Detailed map showing the tectonic plates with their movement vectors. The development of the theory of plate tectonics was the scientific and cultural change which occurred during a period of 50 years of scientific debate.

  3. Pacific plate - Wikipedia

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    Movement 1: north-west: Speed 1: ... The Pacific plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath ... A geologic map of the Pacific Ocean seabed shows not only ...

  4. Australian plate - Wikipedia

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    The northwards collision of the Australian plate with the Sunda plate (Sundaland plate, previously classified as part of Eurasian plate) has a maximum convergence velocity of 7.3 cm (2.9 in) per year ± 0.8 cm (0.31 in) per year at the Java Trench decreasing to 6.0 cm (2.4 in) ± 0.04 cm (0.016 in) per year at the southern Sumatra Trench.

  5. North American plate - Wikipedia

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    The North American plate is a tectonic plate containing most of North America, Cuba, the Bahamas, extreme northeastern Asia, and parts of Iceland and the Azores.With an area of 76 million km 2 (29 million sq mi), it is the Earth's second largest tectonic plate, behind the Pacific plate (which borders the plate to the west).

  6. Eurasian plate - Wikipedia

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    Movement 1: South: Speed 1: ... The Eurasian plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of Eurasia ... There are different maps for it based on recent tectonics, ...

  7. List of tectonic plates - Wikipedia

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    These smaller plates are often not shown on major plate maps, as the majority of them do not comprise significant land area. For purposes of this list, a minor plate is any plate with an area less than 20 million km 2 (7.7 million sq mi) but greater than 1 million km 2 (0.39 million sq mi).

  8. File:Tectonic plates boundaries detailed-en.svg - Wikipedia

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    New background map using NGDC WCL data: 07:50, 10 May 2015: 4,898 × 2,472 (843 KB) 白布飘扬: Shetland microplate: base on the original source, the movement speed is unclear but the direction is there. 17:21, 1 October 2013: 4,898 × 2,472 (841 KB) Sting: Shetland microplate: movement undefined => deleting the arrow: 15:52, 6 September 2012

  9. South American plate - Wikipedia

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    Movement 1: West: Speed 1: 27–34 mm (1.1–1.3 in)/year ... The South American plate is a major tectonic plate which includes the continent of South America as well ...