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Gazel et al. (2021) define four domains of the CAVA: North American plate slivers (continental crust), the Guatemala Suture Zone (GSZ) (continental crust), continental blocks of the Caribbean plate, and Pacific-affinity accreted complexes (oceanic crust). [4] The Cocos tectonic plate is located along the western edge of Central America.
Caribbean plate – A mostly oceanic tectonic plate including part of Central America and the Caribbean Sea – 3,300,000 km 2 (1,300,000 sq mi) Caroline plate – Minor oceanic tectonic plate north of New Guinea – 1,700,000 km 2 (660,000 sq mi)
Burma plate – Minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia; Cocos plate – Young oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America; Eurasian plate – Tectonic plate which includes most of Eurasia; Explorer plate – Oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada
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The Caribbean plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the northern coast of South America. Roughly 3.2 million square kilometres (1.2 million square miles) in area, the Caribbean plate borders the North American plate, the South American plate, the Nazca plate and the Cocos plate.
Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining to building') [1] is the scientific theory that the Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago.
The Cocos plate is a young oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America, named for Cocos Island, which rides upon it.The Cocos plate was created approximately 23 million years ago when the Farallon plate broke into two pieces, which also created the Nazca plate.
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