The eastern edge is a boundary with the North American Plate to the north and a boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate to the south and possibly with the Okhotsk Plate and the Amurian Plate. The southern edge is a boundary with the African Plate to the west, the Arabian Plate in the middle and the Indo-Australian Plate to the east. The western edge is a divergent boundary with the North American Plate forming the northernmost part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which is straddled by Iceland. All volcanic eruptions in Iceland, such as the 1973 eruption of Eldfell, the 1783 eruption of Laki and the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, are caused by the North American and the Eurasian Plates moving apart, which is a result of divergent plate boundary forces. The Himalayan mountain range and Tibetan plateau have formed as a result of the collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate, which began 50 million years ago and continues today.
Eurasian & Anatolian Plates
The geodynamics of Central Asia is dominated by the interaction between the Eurasian Plate and the Indian Plate. In this area, many subplates or crust blocks have been recognized, which form the Central Asian and the East Asian transit zones.[2]
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April 10, 2023
eurasian, plate, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 201. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Eurasian Plate news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent the Arabian subcontinent and the area east of the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia It also includes oceanic crust extending westward to the Mid Atlantic Ridge and northward to the Gakkel Ridge Eurasian PlateThe Eurasian Plate TypeMajorApproximate area67 800 000 km2 26 200 000 sq mi 1 Movement1southSpeed17 14 mm 0 28 0 55 in yearFeaturesEurope Asia Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean1Relative to the African PlateThe eastern edge is a boundary with the North American Plate to the north and a boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate to the south and possibly with the Okhotsk Plate and the Amurian Plate The southern edge is a boundary with the African Plate to the west the Arabian Plate in the middle and the Indo Australian Plate to the east The western edge is a divergent boundary with the North American Plate forming the northernmost part of the Mid Atlantic Ridge which is straddled by Iceland All volcanic eruptions in Iceland such as the 1973 eruption of Eldfell the 1783 eruption of Laki and the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajokull are caused by the North American and the Eurasian Plates moving apart which is a result of divergent plate boundary forces The Himalayan mountain range and Tibetan plateau have formed as a result of the collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate which began 50 million years ago and continues today Eurasian amp Anatolian Plates The geodynamics of Central Asia is dominated by the interaction between the Eurasian Plate and the Indian Plate In this area many subplates or crust blocks have been recognized which form the Central Asian and the East Asian transit zones 2 See also EditSunda Plate Anatolian Plate Aegean Sea Plate Geology portalReferences Edit Sizes of Tectonic or Lithospheric Plates Geology about com 2014 03 05 Retrieved 2015 12 26 Up to Date Geodynamics and Seismicity of Central Asia by Y Gatinsky D Rundquist G Vladova T Prokhodova Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eurasian Plate amp oldid 1140699370, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
