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It is moving at 4.65 cm per year
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∙ 11y agoThe plates are moving 4 to 6 cm per year
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What is a plate that is moving north called?
The indo-australasian or the African plates are moving north
How fast is the Indian plate moving each year?
The Indian Plate is currently moving northeast at 5 cm/yr (2 in/yr).
Is the African plate a divergent plate?
Divergent refers to a plate boundary where plates are moving apart. Plates are not referred to in terms of their boundary movements.
How fast is the Scotia plate moving per year?
It moves extremely slowly as do all the plates
What tectonic plate is drifting away from the African plate?
The Arabian plate The Arabian Plate was part of the African plate during much of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Red Sea rifting began in the Eocene, but the separation of Africa and Arabia occurred in the Oligocene, and since then the Arabian Plate has been slowly moving toward the Eurasian Plate, where is is pushing up the Zagros Mountains of Iran.
What is the slowest moving tectonic plate?
Arabian and southern African plate.
Which tectonic plate is moving away from the North American Plate?
The Eurasian Plate & The African Plate.
What is a plate that is moving north called?
The indo-australasian or the African plates are moving north
How fast is the Indian plate moving each year?
The Indian Plate is currently moving northeast at 5 cm/yr (2 in/yr).
Which way is Australia's tectonic plate moving and how fast?
they are moving south and west at the same time
How fast is the south American plate moving?
92 miles an hour
Is the African plate a divergent plate?
Divergent refers to a plate boundary where plates are moving apart. Plates are not referred to in terms of their boundary movements.
How fast is the Scotia plate moving per year?
It moves extremely slowly as do all the plates
What two plates are moving away from each other?
1. Pacific Plate and North American Plate 2. China Plate and Pacific Plate 3. Australian Plate and Pacific Plate 4. South American Plate and Nazca Plate 5. Eurasian Plate and African Plate 6. Eurasian Plate and Arabian Plate 7. Eurasian Plate and Australian PLATE 8. Scotia Plate and Antarctic Plate
What tectonic plate is drifting away from the African plate?
The Arabian plate The Arabian Plate was part of the African plate during much of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Red Sea rifting began in the Eocene, but the separation of Africa and Arabia occurred in the Oligocene, and since then the Arabian Plate has been slowly moving toward the Eurasian Plate, where is is pushing up the Zagros Mountains of Iran.
How fast is the north America plate moving?
The North American plate is moving very slowly, only about one inch per year. Other tectonic plates are moving much faster; up to eight or nine inches per year.
Does the African plate borders the pacific plate?
the African plate borders the pacific plate
