which all encircle the large Pacific Plate. The plates are constantly sliding past, colliding into, or moving above or below each other. This movement results in deep ocean trenches, volcanic ...

The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes that dot the Pacific Northwest of the ... where the plates meet or divide. The movement of the plates creates three types ...

To better understand the scope and movement of the Pontus plate ... separated the well-documented eastern Pacific plates from the now-confirmed Pontus plate. The research, published in Gondwana ...