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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.
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 ...
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.
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).
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, ...
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).
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
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 ...