MAJOR FAULT LINES
MAJOR FAULT LINES
The Philippine Sea Plate or Philippine Plate is a tectonic plate comprising oceanic lithosphere that lies beneath the Philippine Sea, to the east of the Philippines. Most segments of the Philippines, including northern Luzon, are part of the Philippine Mobile Belt, which is geologically and tectonically separate from the Philippine Sea Plate.
The North American Plate is a tectonic plate covering most of North America, Greenland, Cuba, Bahamas, and parts ofIceland and the Azores. It extends eastward to the mid-atlantic ridge and westward to the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia. The plate includes both continental and oceanic crust. The interior of the main continental landmass includes an extensivegranitic core called a craton. Along most of the edges of this craton are fragments of crustal material called terranes, accreted to the craton by tectonic actions over the long span of geologic time. It is believed that much of North America west of the Rockies is composed of such terranes.
Eurasian Plate a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising the continents of Europe and Asia as well asseveral suboceanic basins (the West European, Norwegian, Lofoten, Aleutian, and South China Basins),separated from the North American Plate by the subsea Reykjanes Ridge, bounded on the south by theAfrican and Indo-Australian Plates, and on the east by the Philippine and Pacific Plates.
The Antarctic Plate is a tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica and extending outward under the surrounding oceans. The Antarctic Plate is bounded almost entirely by extensional mid-ocean ridge systems. The adjoining plates are the Nazca Plate, the South American Plate, the African Plate, the Indo-Australian Plate, the Pacific Plate, and, across a transform boundary, the Scotia Plate.
The Antarctic plate is roughly 60,900,000 square kilometers.[1] It is the fifth biggest plate in the world.
The South American Plate is a continental tectonic plate
The Philippine Sea Plate or Philippine Plate is a tectonic plate comprising oceanic lithosphere that lies beneath the Philippine Sea, to the east of the Philippines. Most segments of the Philippines, including northern Luzon, are part of the Philippine Mobile Belt, which is geologically and tectonically separate from the Philippine Sea Plate.
The North American Plate is a tectonic plate covering most of North America, Greenland, Cuba, Bahamas, and parts ofIceland and the Azores. It extends eastward to the mid-atlantic ridge and westward to the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia. The plate includes both continental and oceanic crust. The interior of the main continental landmass includes an extensivegranitic core called a craton. Along most of the edges of this craton are fragments of crustal material called terranes, accreted to the craton by tectonic actions over the long span of geologic time. It is believed that much of North America west of the Rockies is composed of such terranes.
Eurasian Plate a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising the continents of Europe and Asia as well asseveral suboceanic basins (the West European, Norwegian, Lofoten, Aleutian, and South China Basins),separated from the North American Plate by the subsea Reykjanes Ridge, bounded on the south by theAfrican and Indo-Australian Plates, and on the east by the Philippine and Pacific Plates.
The Antarctic Plate is a tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica and extending outward under the surrounding oceans. The Antarctic Plate is bounded almost entirely by extensional mid-ocean ridge systems. The adjoining plates are the Nazca Plate, the South American Plate, the African Plate, the Indo-Australian Plate, the Pacific Plate, and, across a transform boundary, the Scotia Plate.
The Antarctic plate is roughly 60,900,000 square kilometers.[1] It is the fifth biggest plate in the world.
The South American Plate is a continental tectonic plate