2007-03-19 01:16:49 · 5 answers · asked by clapo7 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
There are 7 major plates, however there are many smaller plates. The link provides a map of all of them.
The main plates are
African Plate, covering Africa - Continental plate
Antarctic Plate, covering Antarctica - Continental plate
Australian Plate, covering Australia (fused with Indian Plate between 50 and 55 million years ago) - Continental plate
Eurasian Plate covering Asia and Europe - Continental plate
North American Plate covering North America and north-east Siberia - Continental plate
South American Plate covering South America - Continental plate
Pacific Plate, covering the Pacific Ocean - Oceanic plate
Notable minor plates include the Indian Plate, the Arabian Plate, the Caribbean Plate, the Juan de Fuca Plate, the Nazca Plate, the Philippine Plate and the Scotia Plate.
The full list of 52 plates is below -
Major plates
African Plate
Antarctic Plate
Arabian Plate
Australian Plate (sometimes merged with the Indian Plate into the Indo-Australian Plate)
Caribbean Plate
Cocos Plate
Eurasian Plate
Indian Plate (sometimes merged with the Australian Plate into the Indo-Australian Plate)
Juan de Fuca Plate
Nazca Plate
North American Plate
Pacific Plate
Philippine Plate
South American Plate
Minor plates
Aegean Sea Plate
Altiplano Plate
Amurian Plate
Anatolian Plate
Balmoral Reef Plate
Banda Sea Plate
Bird's Head Plate
Burma Plate
Caroline Plate
Conway Reef Plate
Easter Plate
Futuna Plate
Galapagos Plate
Hellenic Plate
Iranian Plate
Juan Fernandez Plate
Kermadec Plate
Manus Plate
Maoke Plate
Mariana Plate
Molucca Sea Plate
New Hebrides Plate
Niuafo'ou Plate
North Andes Plate
North Bismarck Plate
Okhotsk Plate
Okinawa Plate
Panama Plate
Rivera Plate
Sandwich Plate
Scotia Plate
Shetland Plate
Solomon Sea Plate
Somali Plate
South Bismarck Plate
Sunda Plate
Timor Plate
Tonga Plate
Woodlark Plate
Yangtze Plate
2007-03-19 01:53:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-19 08:19:47 · answer #2 · answered by princess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nether 6 or 8 it is the full dinner set
2007-03-19 08:39:46 · answer #3 · answered by stephen261254 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So for seismologist identified seven major and 13 minor fault lines. See my slide show to see the fault lines.
My web site
http://www.freewebs.com/quakealert/
My Community in Orkut
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=26068261
Presentation slides
http://asia.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/quake
2007-03-19 11:22:51 · answer #4 · answered by A.Ganapathy India 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
off the top of my head
north american
south american
eurasian
african
sub indian-australasia
antarctic
caribbean
juan du fuca
phillipino
arabian
thats 10
there may be one or two i missed
2007-03-20 12:26:06 · answer #5 · answered by Kev P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋