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Meanings of tectonic plate in английском

русский
тектоническая плита
португальский
placas tectônicas
испанский
placa litosférica
каталонский
tectònica

Continuous section of the lithosphere of the Earth which is moving relative to adjacent plates.

тектоническая плита
Synonyms
Examples for "lithospheric plate"
Examples for "lithospheric plate"
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Plate tectonics successfully describes the surface of Earth as a mosaic of moving lithospheric plates.
Pubmed
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No one has the faintest idea how or why Yellowstone's ended up beneath a continental plate.
A short history of nearly everything
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I lay there as mountains formed and the continental plates shifted.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
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The underside of the continental plates we live on-belowthe discontinuity lies the upper mantle.
The Jennifer Morgue
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Water flows to the mantle through areas where oceanic plates dive beneath continental plates, called subduction zones.
Wired
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Think of it this way: the surface of the Earth is made up of a mosaic of continental plates.
BBC
Usage of tectonic plate in английском
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It was not land, or a tectonic plate or even the whole world splitting.
How to live safely in a science fictional universe
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Near major steel-concrete tectonic plate tsunami wall built boundaries.
Reuters
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Seismometers and strain meters continuously monitor tectonic plate movement.
Wired
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It feels as if a tectonic plate has shifted.
The Guardian
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This is the edge of a tectonic plate.
Anvil Gate
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It is "a rare moment in economic history -a tectonic plate shift," he says.
Reuters
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It is where the Pacific tectonic plate is being pushed under, or subducted, beneath the Australian plate.
Radio NZ
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A major tectonic plate boundary runs through New Zealand, and is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Radio NZ
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This is where the Pacific tectonic plate dives beneath the North Island, which lies on the Australian Plate.
Radio NZ
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Volcanic activity in the region is driven by the collision of the African tectonic plate with the Eurasian plate.
The Guardian
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Climate breakdown will behave like a tectonic plate in an earthquake zone: periods of comparative stasis followed by sudden jolts.
The Guardian
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The Hikurangi Plate is where the Pacific tectonic plate dives beneath the Australian plate, otherwise known as a subduction zone.
Radio NZ
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They sit on the Nazca tectonic plate, which travels from west to east at the rate of about 4cm per year.
BBC
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Interestingly, the other islands of the Azores are so far away that they are considered part of the European tectonic plate.
The South African
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They are found around the world in subduction margins, where one tectonic plate is slipping under another into the earth's mantle.
Radio NZ
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The edge of the large Pacific tectonic plate makes up much of the western and northern margins of the Ring of Fire.
Radio NZ