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    The document describes the major tectonic plates that make up the Earth's surface, including the North American Plate, Eurasian Plate, African Plate, Indo-Australian Plate, Pacific Plate, Philippine Plate, Cocos Plate, Nazca Plate, Caribbean Plate, Juan de Fuca Plate, and others. It also notes several hot spots, such as Iceland, Yellowstone, Hawaii and Galapagos, which are believed to be caused by upwellings of magma from the Earth's mantle.

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    The document describes the major tectonic plates that make up the Earth's surface, including the North American Plate, Eurasian Plate, African Plate, Indo-Australian Plate, Pacific Plate, Philippine Plate, Cocos Plate, Nazca Plate, Caribbean Plate, Juan de Fuca Plate, and others. It also notes several hot spots, such as Iceland, Yellowstone, Hawaii and Galapagos, which are believed to be caused by upwellings of magma from the Earth's mantle.

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    Tectonic Plates

    Physical Setting/Earth Science Reference Tables — 2011 Edition

    Iceland
    Hot Spot

    North American Eurasian


    Eurasian Plate Plate
    Plate Aleutian Trenc
    h

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    Yellowstone

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    Juan de Hot Spot

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    Fuca Plate

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    tla
    Canary

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    Ar late

    Islands

    Mid
    San Andreas
    ab

    Hot Spot
    P
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    Fault
    African

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    Philippine an

    e n ch
    Plate ibbe Plate
    Mi
    d
    Hawaii
    Hot Spot Cocos Car late
    t P

    a
    M Plate
    frican Rif

    -In
    dian Ridge

    Fiji Plate
    Pacific Galapagos South
    Plate Hot Spot
    American

    Tr e n c h
    st A

    Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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    Pe
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    Plate
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    Easter Island St. Helena
    Indian-Australian Hot Spot Nazca

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    Bouvet
    Hot Spot
    Antarctic Antarctic
    Plate Plate Sandwich
    Plate

    Key overriding
    plate

    Transform plate boundary subducting Complex or uncertain Mantle


    Relative motion at plate
    plate boundary (transform fault) plate boundary hot spot
    Divergent plate boundary
    (usually broken by transform Convergent plate boundary
    faults along mid-ocean ridges) (subduction zone)

    NOTE: Not all mantle hot spots, plates, and


    boundaries are shown.
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