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  2. File:Tectonic plates boundaries World map Wt 180degE centered ...

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    This map was improved or created by the Wikigraphists of the Graphic Lab (fr). You can propose images to clean up, improve, create or translate as well. This SVG file contains embedded text that can be translated into your language, using any capable SVG editor, text editor or the SVG Translate tool .

  3. List of tectonic plates - Wikipedia

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    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 . The plates are around 100 km (62 mi) thick and consist of two principal types of material: oceanic crust (also called sima from silicon and magnesium ) and continental crust ( sial ...

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

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  5. File:Plates tect2 en.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: The key principle of plate tectonics is that the lithosphere exists as separate and distinct tectonic plates, which float on the fluid-like (visco-elastic solid) asthenosphere. The relative fluidity of the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to undergo motion in different directions. This map shows 15 of the largest plates.

  6. Outline of plate tectonics - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF ... Map of Earth's 16 principal tectonic plates ... is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large ...

  7. File:Tectonic plates hotspots-en.svg - Wikipedia

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    Background map: NGDC World Coast Line data; Data: USGS; Author: Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting) Permission (Reusing this file) Public domain: Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Tectonic plates hotspots he.jpg; Tectonic plates hotspots-sv.svg

  8. Plate tectonics - Wikipedia

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    Plate tectonics map. Depending on how they are defined, there are usually seven or eight "major" plates: African, Antarctic, Eurasian, North American, South American, Pacific, and Indo-Australian. The latter is sometimes subdivided into the Indian and Australian plates.

  9. List of tectonic plate interactions - Wikipedia

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    Obduction zones occurs when the continental plate is pushed under the oceanic plate, but this is unusual as the relative densities of the tectonic plates favours subduction of the oceanic plate. This causes the oceanic plate to buckle and usually results in a new mid-ocean ridge forming and turning the obduction into subduction. [citation needed]