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The Iran Plate or Iranian Plate is a triangular plate between the Eurasian Plate, the Indian plate and the Arabian Plate. It is often considered a part of the Eurasian Plate.The boundary with the Arabian Plate is a subduction zone, also known as the Zagros Thrust. Here the Arabian Plate is subducted beneath the Iranian Plate, giving rise to desastrous earthquakes
The boundary with the Eurasian Plate is a suture zone (North Iran Suture) from the collision between the Iran plate and the Turan Plate (to the north) during Middle Triassic. So the suture is a result of the closure of the Paleotethys and the continent-continent collision with the southern active margin of Eurasia (Turan Plate). The Iran-Turan suture zone is extending from Kopet Dagh in the southeast passing through Binalud (north) to the Caspian Sea in the west. The suture zone is marked by ophiolites.
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Is there any life under tectonic plates?
It is unlikely that there is life directly under tectonic plates. The extreme pressure and heat at such depths make it very challenging for life to exist. Life on Earth is primarily found in the upper layers of the Earth's crust and in the oceans.
How are earthquakes and volcanoes related to tectonic plates?
Tectonic plates- any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonicsEarthquakes are when the plates move too much, and volcanoes hapen when there is a large gap in the plates. The magma/lava comes through the crust of the earth making an ignious rock mountain. aka a volcano
What happens when two plates pull away from each other in opposite directions?
When any fault occurs or tectonic plates pull away from each other under the ground. An earthquake happens.
Does Venus have tectonic plates?
No, Venus does not have tectonic plates like Earth. Venus is believed to have a single, thick lithosphere that does not appear to be broken into separate plates. Instead, the planet may have a more global style of tectonics.
Where are active volcano's most likely to form?
along the pacific ring of fire or any similar region where two tectonic plates are colliding.
