A map of the tectonic plates of the earth showing the different boundary types in different colors. Locations where plates collide (convergent boundaries) are shown in red. Locations where plates are spreading (divergent boundaries) are shown in yellow.

2020年8月7日 · These layers display Earth's tectonic plates along with the boundaries. Feature Layer (hosted) by dpisut_content. More Details...

Use the map below to see where the three different types of plate boundaries are found throughout the world. First, find the KEY in the green box located at the bottom of the map. Then, select each boundary name in the KEY to see its location.

2024年9月5日 · This map shows the major tectonic plates that make up Earth’s lithosphere. Tectonic plates are massive slabs of solid rock that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath them and move relative to one another. The movement of these plates can cause earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain building, and ocean trench formation.

1996年1月1日 · Generalized map of plate boundaries, from This Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate Tectonics (USGS). Northern Japan sits on a part of the North American plate that is sometimes referred to as the Okhotsk microplate.

2024年10月3日 · Explore the boundaries between Earth's tectonic plates with MapMaker, National Geographic's classroom interactive mapping tool.

Plate Boundaries. The edge where Tectonic Plates meet is called the plate boundary. Along these boundaries, you will find most of the mountain ranges, earthquakes, volcanic activity, and Ocean Trenches. Because of Plate Tectonics, Plate Boundaries may be classified into three different types: Convergent, Divergent, and Transform. Convergent ...

2020年1月30日 · Today, there are more than 50 recognized plates, microplates, and blocks. The 2006 tectonic plate boundary map shows all the boundaries by type and where the plates are moving in 21 locations throughout the world.

Visually accessible and scientifically accurate global map of key plate tectonics characteristics on the Earth, such as seafloor age.

An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4, No. 3, 52 pp., https://doi.org/10.1029/2001GC000252, 2003; Plate Motion: DeMets, C., R.G. Gordon, and D.F. Argus, Geologically current plate motions, Geophys.