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No It is considered a continental plate although it does cover some ocean
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What are the names of the plates surrounding mount Pinatubo?
The Philippine plate slid under the Eurasian plate.
What kind of Plate boundary is in japan?
Japan is at the meeting place of four tectonic plates: The Pacific Plate, The Eurasian Plates, The Philippine Plate, and the Okhotsk Plate (sometimes considered part of the North American Plate).
What is the name of the plate which Britain located on?
the UK is on the Eurasian plate, this answer comes form a 13 year old English schoolgirl :)
What is the difference between oceanic plate and continential plate?
Oceanic plates are young and made of basalt and recent sediments. Continental plates are old and contain continental crust made of old rocks and they are usually considerably thicker than the oceanic plates
What type of plate boundary is Pompeii on?
convergent
Is Eurasian plate an oceanic plate or a continental plate?
The Eurasian Plate is largely considered to be a continental plate. It does, however, lay claim to some oceanic crusts, most notably extending westward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and northward to the Gakkel Ridge.
Which plates includes only oceanic crust with no continents?
Eurasian plate
Which plate is mount merapi?
Mount Merapi is not a plate. However, it was formed by the convergence of a oceanic plate and a continental plate. The oceanic Indo-Australian plate subducted under the continetal Eurasian plate causing a line of volcanoes.
What are the names of the plates surrounding mount Pinatubo?
The Philippine plate slid under the Eurasian plate.
Which plates are converging off the west coast of Japan?
Japan lies over 4 tectonic plates. These are:The North American PlateThe Eurasian PlateThe Pacific Plate.
What crustal plate is Indonesia on?
Indonesia is located between two continental plates: the Eurasian Plate and Australian Plate and between two oceanic plates: the Indian Plate and Pacific Plate.
What kind of Plate boundary is in japan?
Japan is at the meeting place of four tectonic plates: The Pacific Plate, The Eurasian Plates, The Philippine Plate, and the Okhotsk Plate (sometimes considered part of the North American Plate).
Why is Japan a destructive plate margin?
Continental crust (Eurasian Plate) and oceanic crust (pacific plate) move towards each other, oceanic crust sinks because its denser, this forms deep sea trenches and volcanoes
What is the name of the plate which Britain located on?
the UK is on the Eurasian plate, this answer comes form a 13 year old English schoolgirl :)
What are the 2 oceanic plates?
The names are African, North American, South American, Eurasian, Australian, Antarctic, and Pacific plates. Several minor ones include the Arabian, Nazca, and Philippines plate. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html
What is the difference between oceanic plate and continential plate?
Oceanic plates are young and made of basalt and recent sediments. Continental plates are old and contain continental crust made of old rocks and they are usually considerably thicker than the oceanic plates
Russia is located on what crustal plate?
eurasian plate
