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  2. List of tectonic plates - Wikipedia

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    Map showing Earth's principal tectonic plates and their boundaries in detail. These plates comprise the bulk of the continents and the Pacific Ocean.For purposes of this list, a major plate is any plate with an area greater than 20 million km 2 (7.7 million sq mi)

  3. Plate tectonics - Wikipedia

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    Plate tectonics on Earth is hypothesized to be driven by “slab pull,” where the sinking of the more dense subducting plate provides the spreading force for mid-ocean ridges. [109] “Ridge push” is comparatively weak in Earth's plate tectonics. [109] Extensional features are abundant on icy moons, but compressional features are sparse. [109]

  4. Outline of plate tectonics - Wikipedia

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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 comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago.

  5. Lithosphere - Wikipedia

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    The tectonic plates of the lithosphere on Earth Earth cutaway from center to surface, the lithosphere comprising the crust and lithospheric mantle (detail not to scale). A lithosphere (from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos) 'rocky' and σφαίρα (sphaíra) 'sphere') is the rigid, [1] outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite.

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

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    English: Detailed world map in English showing the tectonic plates with their movement vectors Français : Carte détaillée en anglais des plaques tectoniques avec leurs vecteurs de déplacement Español: Mapa detallado en inglés que muestra las placas tectónicas con sus vectores de movimiento

  7. Watch the last billion years of Earth's tectonic plate ... - AOL

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    Geologists modeled the last billion years of Earth's tectonic plate evolution in unprecedented detail, then animated it in a mesmerizing video. Watch the last billion years of Earth's tectonic ...

  8. Indian plate - Wikipedia

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    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 of Gondwana , the Indian plate broke away from the other fragments of Gondwana 100 million years ago and began moving north, carrying Insular India with it. [ 2 ]

  9. The Earth's tectonic plates made the Himalayas — and could ...

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    Tectonic plates are made up of Earth’s crust and the rigid top layer of the mantle, known as the lithospheric mantle. The planet has around a dozen large and irregularly shaped tectonic plates ...