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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.
Name any three type of plates?
Dinner plates, tectonic plates, and Norman Rockwell collectible plates.
What isn't a tectonic plate boundary?
Any area where two or more tectonic plates do not touch each other is a not a tectonic plate boundary.
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.
Are plates any where else but under the sea?
Yes. All of Earth's crust, both on land and on the seafloor, is composed of tectonic plates.
What continents edges are not on plate boundaries at all?
Antarctica is a continent that is mostly situated on its own tectonic plate, the Antarctic Plate, and does not have any edges that intersect with other major plates. However, some smaller plates do border Antarctica, such as the Scotia Plate and the South Sandwich Plate.
Is there going to be any more earthquake?
Yes. There will always be earthquakes due to the earth's tectonic plates
Why does the Australian continent has very few earthquakes?
Australia isnt on the edge of any tectonic plates
What is the predicted?
The earthquake predictions depend on everyday life because the tectonic plates move a few micrometres each day. where two tectonic plates meet is called a convergent boundary and this causes an earthquake but look online and if you live in New Zealand by any chance the likelyhood of an earthquake is reasonably high. Adam.
Where do volcanos occur?
They occur in many places. Like Hawaii They can occur in any place were the tectonic plates move.
Where do volcanos not form?
Volcanoes form on the ring of fire on the tectonic plates in the Atlantic Ocean so if you go further and further into the Atlantic Ocean there won't be volcanoes. And also on places that are miles from tectonic plates there won't be any there either. Just think if you were to go to a tectonic plate boundary there would be volcanoes now say you go 40 miles away from the tectonic plate there probably won't be volcanoes.
Which three tectonic plates form a boundary in which Texas is found?
Texas is not on any plate boundaries. It is well within the North American plate, with no other plates for hundreds of miles.
Why did the eartquake in japan happen?
The same reason any earthquake happens, tectonic plates shifted against each other.
