North Galapagos Microplate
Tectonic plate off west South America
North Galapagos Microplate | |
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Type | Minor |
Movement1 | Counterclockwise 90 degrees |
Speed1 | undefined |
Features | Pacific Ocean |
1Relative to the African Plate |
The North Galapagos Microplate is a small tectonic plate off the west coast of South America north of the Galapagos Islands.3°45′N 101°45′W / 3.75°N 101.75°W / 3.75; -101.75[1] It is rotating counterclockwise between three much larger crustal plates around it, the Nazca, Cocos and Pacific Plates. To its south, another small microplate, the Galapagos Microplate is likewise rotating, but clockwise.[2] Both microplates "mesh" along the interface between them.
References
Bird, P. (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4(3), 1027, doi:10.1029/2001GC000252. [1]
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