Plate Boundaries

Plate Interface

Eurasian:North American
NAME | Eurasian:North American
LABEL | Transform Boundary

Eurasian:North American
NAME | Eurasian:North American
LABEL | Divergent Boundary

North American:Pacific
NAME | North American:Pacific
LABEL | Other

North American:Pacific
NAME | North American:Pacific
LABEL | Convergent Boundary

North American:Pacific
NAME | North American:Pacific
LABEL | Transform Boundary

Pacific:Juan de Fuca
NAME | Pacific:Juan de Fuca
LABEL | Divergent Boundary

Pacific:Juan de Fuca
NAME | Pacific:Juan de Fuca
LABEL | Transform Boundary

North America:Juan de Fuca
NAME | North America:Juan de Fuca
LABEL | Convergent Boundary

Eurasian:African
NAME | Eurasian:African

Eurasian:African
NAME | Eurasian:African
LABEL | Divergent Boundary

Eurasian:Arabian
NAME | Eurasian:Arabian

North American:African
NAME | North American:African

Eurasian:African
NAME | Eurasian:African
LABEL | Other

Eurasian:Arabian
NAME | Eurasian:Arabian
LABEL | Other

African:Arabian
NAME | African:Arabian

North American:Philippine
NAME | North American:Philippine

LABEL | Convergent Boundary

Eurasian:Philippine
NAME | Eurasian:Philippine

Pacific:Philippine
NAME | Pacific:Philippine

Indian:Arabian
NAME | Indian:Arabian

Pacific:Cocos
NAME | Pacific:Cocos

Philippine:Sunda
NAME | Philippine:Sunda

North American:Caribbean
NAME | North American:Caribbean

North American:Cocos
NAME | North American:Cocos

African:South American
NAME | African:South American

African:Indian
NAME | African:Indian

South American:Caribbean
NAME | South American:Caribbean

Cocos:Caribbean
NAME | Cocos:Caribbean

Nazca:Cocos
NAME | Nazca:Cocos

Pacific:Nazca
NAME | Pacific:Nazca

Pacific:Australia
NAME | Pacific:Australia

African:Australian
NAME | African:Australian

South American:Nazca
NAME | South American:Nazca

Australia:Pacific
NAME | Australia:Pacific

Pacific:Australian
NAME | Pacific:Australian

Nazca
NAME | Nazca

African:Antarctic
NAME | African:Antarctic

Australian:Antarctic
NAME | Australian:Antarctic

Antarctic:Nazca
NAME | Antarctic:Nazca

Pacific:Antarctic
NAME | Pacific:Antarctic

Antarctica:South American
NAME | Antarctica:South American

South America:Scotia
NAME | South America:Scotia

Scotia:South American
NAME | Scotia:South American

South American:Antarctic
NAME | South American:Antarctic

Antarctica:Scotia
NAME | Antarctica:Scotia

Antarctic:Scotia
NAME | Antarctic:Scotia

Solomon Sea Microplate:Southern Bismarck Microplate
NAME | Solomon Sea Microplate:Southern Bismarck Microplate

Australian:Sunda
NAME | Australian:Sunda

Eurasian:North American
NAME | Eurasian:North American

Africa:Eurasia
NAME | Africa:Eurasia

Eurasian:Indian
NAME | Eurasian:Indian

Eurasia
NAME | Eurasia

Eurasia:Anatolia Block
NAME | Eurasia:Anatolia Block

Micro Plates and Major Fault Zones

Tamayo Fracture Zone
NAME | Tamayo Fracture Zone

NAME |

N.A.-S.A. Plate Boundary
NAME | N.A.-S.A. Plate Boundary

East Lau Spreading Center
NAME | East Lau Spreading Center

Oceanic Convergent Boundary
NAME | Oceanic Convergent Boundary

Ninety East Sumatra
NAME | Ninety East Sumatra

North Fiji Basin Spreading Center
NAME | North Fiji Basin Spreading Center

Timor Trough
NAME | Timor Trough

Mapia Ridge
NAME | Mapia Ridge

Okinawa Trough
NAME | Okinawa Trough

Dauki Thrust
NAME | Dauki Thrust

Sagaing Fault
NAME | Sagaing Fault

Red River Fault
NAME | Red River Fault

Xiangshuihe - Xiaojiang Fault System
NAME | Xiangshuihe - Xiaojiang Fault System

Longmen Shan Thrust Belt
NAME | Longmen Shan Thrust Belt

Haiyuan
NAME | Haiyuan

Altyn Tagh
NAME | Altyn Tagh

Karakoram
NAME | Karakoram

Talas Fergana
NAME | Talas Fergana

Main Pamir Thrust
NAME | Main Pamir Thrust

Chaman
NAME | Chaman

Indo-Tsangpo Suture
NAME | Indo-Tsangpo Suture

Kunlun Fault
NAME | Kunlun Fault

Fonualei Rift
NAME | Fonualei Rift

Central Lau Spreading Center
NAME | Central Lau Spreading Center

Northwest Lau Spreading Center
NAME | Northwest Lau Spreading Center

Futuna Spreading Center
NAME | Futuna Spreading Center

Continental Collisional Boundary
NAME | Continental Collisional Boundary

Morrocoy Fault Zone
NAME | Morrocoy Fault Zone

Southern Panama Fault Zone
NAME | Southern Panama Fault Zone

East Andean Fault
NAME | East Andean Fault

Oriente Fault
NAME | Oriente Fault

Shackleton Fracture Zone
NAME | Shackleton Fracture Zone

South Shetland Trench
NAME | South Shetland Trench

North Anatolian Fault
NAME | North Anatolian Fault

East African Rift System
NAME | East African Rift System

Stanovoy Fault System
NAME | Stanovoy Fault System

Baikal Rift
NAME | Baikal Rift

Mariana Trough
NAME | Mariana Trough

Sumatra Fault System
NAME | Sumatra Fault System

Matano Fault
NAME | Matano Fault

Tolo Thrust
NAME | Tolo Thrust

Banda Ridges
NAME | Banda Ridges

Manokwari Trough
NAME | Manokwari Trough

New Guinea Highlands Fold and Thrust Belt
NAME | New Guinea Highlands Fold and Thrust Belt

Woodlark Basin Spreading System
NAME | Woodlark Basin Spreading System

Manus Trough
NAME | Manus Trough

Kilinailau Trench
NAME | Kilinailau Trench

Trobriand Trough
NAME | Trobriand Trough

Hazel Holmes Extensional Zone
NAME | Hazel Holmes Extensional Zone

Fiji Fracture Zone
NAME | Fiji Fracture Zone

Alps
NAME | Alps

Dinaric Alps
NAME | Dinaric Alps

East Anatolian Fault
NAME | East Anatolian Fault

Plate Motion

PA-NA
Plates: PA-NA
Velocity: 76 mm/yr

PA-NA
Plates: PA-NA
Velocity: 75 mm/yr

PA-NA
Plates: PA-NA
Velocity: 72 mm/yr

PA-PH
Plates: PA-PH

PH-EU
Plates: PH-EU

PH-SU
Plates: PH-SU

AU-SU
Plates: AU-SU

IN-SU
Plates: IN-SU

IN-EU
Plates: IN-EU

IN-NU
Plates: IN-NU

NU-IN
Plates: NU-IN

AR-EU
Plates: AR-EU

NU-EU
Plates: NU-EU

NU-AN
Plates: NU-AN

AN-NU
Plates: AN-NU

AU-PA
Plates: AU-PA

PA-AU
Plates: PA-AU

PA-AN
Plates: PA-AN

AN-PA
Plates: AN-PA

NZ-AN
Plates: NZ-AN

CO-NA
Plates: CO-NA

CO-CA
Plates: CO-CA

NA-CA
Plates: NA-CA

CA-NA
Plates: CA-NA

SA-CA
Plates: SA-CA

NZ-SA
Plates: NZ-SA

AN-SA
Plates: AN-SA

AN-ST
Plates: AN-ST

SA-ST
Plates: SA-ST

ST-SA
Plates: ST-SA

SA-AN
Plates: SA-AN

NU-SA
Plates: NU-SA

SA-NU
Plates: SA-NU

JF-NA
Plates: JF-NA

JF-PA
Plates: JF-PA

PA-JF
Plates: PA-JF

SU-EU
Plates: SU-EU

NA-EU
Plates: NA-EU

AR-NU
Plates: AR-NU

NU-AR
Plates: NU-AR

AU-NU
Plates: AU-NU

NU-AU
Plates: NU-AU

AN-AU
Plates: AN-AU

AU-AN
Plates: AU-AN

NZ-PA
Plates: NZ-PA

PA-NZ
Plates: PA-NZ

AN-NZ
Plates: AN-NZ

CO-PA
Plates: CO-PA

PA-CO
Plates: PA-CO

CO-NZ
Plates: CO-NZ

NZ-CO
Plates: NZ-CO

NU-NA
Plates: NU-NA

NA-NU
Plates: NA-NU

EU-NA
Plates: EU-NA

OK-AM
Plates: OK-AM

PA-OK
Plates: PA-OK

SS-PA
Plates: SS-PA

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