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How are tectonic plates involved in causing earthquakes and volcanoes?
the tectonic plates shake under the earth causing earthquakes
What tectonic plates were involved in the eyjafjallajokull eruption?
The Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010 involved the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates in Iceland. The volcano is located along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where these two plates are diverging.
What tectonic plates were involved in the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989?
The Pacific and North American plates.
The collision of two tectonic plates produces a volcano what types of plates could be involved?
two seafloor plates and a seafloor plate and continental plate
What are the names of the tectonic plates involved in Japan's 2011 earthquake?
The tectonic plates involved in Japan's 2011 earthquake were the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. The earthquake resulted from the Pacific Plate subducting beneath the North American Plate along the Japan Trench.
What tectonic plates are involved with Arizona?
The Norrth American Plate. That is the only one under Arizona.
How many tectonic plates are made of only oceanic crust?
There are seven tectonic plates that are primarily made up of oceanic crust: the Pacific Plate, Nazca Plate, Cocos Plate, Juan de Fuca Plate, Philippine Sea Plate, Arabian Plate, and the Scotia Plate. These plates are generally located in the ocean basins and are involved in the movement and interactions of Earth's tectonic plates.
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
Earthquakes occur mainly allong the edges of?
Tectonic plates and fault lines created by the movement of tectonic plates.
What can tectonic plates also be called instead of tectonic plates?
Tectonic plates are also "Continental Crust" and "Oceanic Crust". Also lithospheric plates.
Can tectonic plates known as crustle plates?
Yes, tectonic plates are also known as crustal plates.
Who named the tectonic plates tectonic and why?
harry hess named the tectonic plates but I'm not sure why =/
