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Where are trenches and ridges located on the Cocos plate?

2007-11-05 09:35:38 · 2 answers · asked by Liz P. 2 in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

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http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/edumod/platepuzz/platepuzz.htm Scroll down there are maps that will show you and explain the Cocos Plate.

on figure 6. the map shows that the the cocos plat is a divergent plate from the Pacific and Nazca plate boundaries and is convergent into the caribbean plate. The trench is most likely on the divergent fault line on the cocos plate.

2007-11-06 16:22:06 · answer #1 · answered by Kristenite’s Back! 7 · 0 0

Submarine ridge mendacity alongside the floor of the huge-unfold Atlantic Ocean. that's a lengthy mountain chain working approximately 10,000 mi (sixteen,000 km) in a frequent yet curving north-south direction from the Arctic Ocean to the southern tip of Africa. The mountains from time to time attain above sea point, forming such islands or island communities as Ascension, the Azores, St. Helena, and Tristan da Cunha.

2017-01-04 23:43:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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