Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...

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 analysis of wave movement revealed the existence ... However, under the Pacific, which is one large plate, such remnants ...

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 ...

Two earthquakes hit the area between Fiji and New Zealand on April 14 morning. The first quake measured 6.5, and the second ...

or geography), and a plate name (Pacific Plate, North American Plate, India Plate, etc.). The goal is to have each student have a different combination of specialty and plate, and for all ...

The movement of these tectonic plates leads to ... which forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. These are known as Transform Faults.