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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 and Indian plates) that have been moving northward in geological history and colliding with the Eurasian plate .
The Arabian Peninsula [1] (/ ... ' Island of the Arabs '), [2] or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.
The Aden Ridge is a divergent plate boundary that divides the African (or Somali) and Arabian plate. It extends from the triple junction eastward to the Owen fracture zone, where it meets the Aden–Owen–Carlsberg triple junction between the African, Arabian, and Indo-Australian plates. The spreading rate for Aden Ridge is about 17 ...
In this particular case, the Arabian plate was rubbing against the Anatolian one. The most powerful earthquake on record was a 9.5, which struck Chile in 1960. In 2011, the Japanese coastline was ...
Red Sea Rift between the African (Nubian) Plate and the Arabian plate The Red Sea Rift is a mid-ocean ridge between two tectonic plates , the African plate and the Arabian plate . It extends from the Dead Sea Transform fault system, and ends at an intersection with the Aden Ridge and the East African Rift , forming the Afar triple junction in ...
The Karliova triple junction is a geological intersection point located in eastern Turkey, where the boundaries of the Arabian plate, the Eurasian plate, and the African plate meet. It is a complex structure with multiple faults and fractures, resulting from the collision and convergence of these tectonic plates.
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). Amurian microplate – A minor tectonic plate in eastern Asia; Arabian plate – Minor tectonic plate – 5,000,000 km 2 (1,900,000 sq mi)
Map of the Dead Sea Transform showing the main fault segments and motion of the Arabian plate relative to the African plate, [1] from GPS data The Dead Sea Transform (DST) fault system, also sometimes referred to as the Dead Sea Rift, is a series of faults that run for about 1,000 km from the Marash triple junction (a junction with the East Anatolian Fault in southeastern Turkey) to the ...