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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)
6.2 Emergence of plate tectonics and past plate motions. 6.2.1 Formation and break-up of continents. 7 Modern plates. ... and many minor plates or "platelets".
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.
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 ]
2.5 to 5.4: Minor or no damage. 5.5 to 6.0: Slight damage to buildings. ... Earthquakes are a natural part of life on Earth, a geologically active planet with seven major tectonic plates. These ...
Somali plate; Type: Minor: Approximate area: 16,700,000 km 2 [1] Movement 1: south-east: ... The Somali plate is a minor tectonic plate which straddles the Equator in ...
The model displayed remnants of submerged plates located under oceans and in the middle of continents, which—according to our current understanding of the plate tectonic cycle—are all too far ...
This paradoxically results in divergence which was only incorporated in the theory of plate tectonics in 1970, but still results in net destruction when summed over major plate boundaries. [2] Divergent boundaries are areas where plates move away from each other, forming either mid-ocean ridges or rift valleys. These are also known as ...