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...

Tectonic plate interactions are classified into three basic types: Convergent boundaries are areas where plates move toward each other and collide. These...

This is a list of articles related to plate tectonics and tectonic plates. Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining...

mid-to-late 1960s. The processes that result in plates and shape Earth's crust are called tectonics. Tectonic plates also occur in other planets and moons. Earth's...

List of rock types recognized by geologists List of tectonic plates – Overview of tectonic plates Lists of volcanoes Contents:  Top A B C D E F G H I J...

Understanding plate tectonics helps to explain the cause of submarine earthquakes. The Earth's surface or lithosphere comprises tectonic plates which average...

geology List of tectonic plate interactions List of tectonic plates Palaeogeography Seychelles Microcontinent "Sizes of Tectonic or Lithospheric Plates". Geology...

The Plate Tectonics Revolution was the scientific and cultural change which developed from the acceptance of the plate tectonics theory. The event was...

of the Juan de Fuca plate beneath the North American plate to form the Cascade Range. List of tectonic plates – Overview of tectonic plates List of tectonic...

which the relatively rigid plates that constitute the Earth's outer shell interact with each other. Principles of tectonics also provide a framework for...

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...

Australian plate is a major tectonic plate in the eastern and, largely, southern hemispheres. Originally a part of the ancient continent of Gondwana, Australia...

North American plate is a tectonic plate containing most of North America, Cuba, the Bahamas, extreme northeastern Asia, and parts of Iceland and the...

microplate List of earthquakes in Guatemala List of earthquakes in Puerto Rico List of tectonic plates Panama plate "Sizes of Tectonic or Lithospheric Plates"....

subduction. Farallon plate List of tectonic plates Geology of Japan Woods & Davies 1982, Abstract Seton et al. 2012, Izanagi Plate, pp. 225–227 Seton,...

Oceania. Using the largest tectonic plates, Asia and Europe could be grouped as Eurasia, and the very large Pacific Plate would have Mauna Kea as its...

The Eurasian plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Asia and Europe), with the...

Philippine Sea plate or the Philippine plate is a tectonic plate comprising oceanic lithosphere that lies beneath the Philippine Sea, to the east of the Philippines...

crust List of tectonic plate interactions – Movements of Earth's lithosphere Plate tectonics – Movement of Earth's lithosphere Strike-slip tectonics – Deformation...

convergent boundaries between tectonic plates. Where one tectonic plate converges with a second plate, the heavier plate dives beneath the other and sinks...

following is an incomplete list of mountains in the Philippines. Several of these are volcanoes, formed by subducting tectonic plates surrounding the archipelago...

of redirect targets List of rock types – List of rock types recognized by geologists List of tectonic plates – Overview of tectonic plates Lists of volcanoes...

the Iberian Chain and the Catalan Coastal Ranges. List of tectonic plates – Overview of tectonic plates Map is based on Franke (1992, 2000), Matte (2001)...

of the movement of tectonic plates, see Geological history of Earth. Plate reconstruction is the process of reconstructing the positions of tectonic plates...

Mariana plate is a micro tectonic plate located west of the Mariana Trench which forms the basement of the Mariana Islands which form part of the Izu–Bonin–Mariana...

all of which were ≥ 8.0 M. See also the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench. Geology of Russia Kamchatka earthquakes List of tectonic plate interactions List of volcanoes...

stresses associated with post-glacial rebound. List of tectonic plates – Overview of tectonic plates Geography of Greenland "BAFFIN BAY" (PDF). Indian and Northern...

volcanism that takes place away from the margins of tectonic plates. Most volcanic activity takes place on plate margins, and there is broad consensus among...

Lwandle plate is one of three tectonic microplates, along with the Rovuma plate and Victoria plate, that make up the African plate with the Somali plate and...

of the countries of Costa Rica and Panama. The Panama plate is a south-western extension of the Caribbean plate surrounded by five tectonic plates: the...