Okinawa Plate

Map of the Okinawa Plate and its neighbouring plates (in French)

The Okinawa Plate is a long narrow tectonic plate stretching from the northern end of Taiwan to the southern tip of the island of Kyūshū. To the east lies the Ryukyu Trench and the Pacific Plate. It is separated from the Yangtze Plate (often considered part of the Eurasian Plate) by a rift that forms the Okinawa Trough which is a Back arc basin.

References

Bird, P. (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4(3), 1027, doi:10.1029/2001GC000252. [1]

This tectonics article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Tectonic plates Geology of the Pacific Ocean Tectonics stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат Okinawa Marine Okinawa Prefecture Government Building Look at other dictionaries: Okinawa Trough — The Okinawa trough in context of back arc basins of the world. The Okinawa Trough (沖縄トラフ, Okinawa Torafu …   Wikipedia Okinawa (plaque tectonique) — Plaque d Okinawa Pour les articles homonymes, voir Okinawa (homonymie). Plaque d Okinawa Éponyme …   Wikipédia en Français Plate tectonics — The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the 20th century …   Wikipedia Amurian Plate — China Plate redirects here. For the ceramic pottery, see fine china. Map of the Amurian Plate and the adjacent tectonic plates (in French) The Amurian Plate (or Amur Plate; also occasionally referred to as the China Plate) is a proposed… …   Wikipedia Okhotsk Plate — Map of the Okhotsk Plate and its neighbouring plates The Okhotsk Plate is a tectonic plate covering the Sea of Okhotsk, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and Eastern Japan. It was formerly considered a part of the North American Plate, but recent studies… …   Wikipedia Mariana Plate — Map of the Mariana Plate (as Mariannes ) and its neighbouring plates (in French) …   Wikipedia Plaque d'Okinawa — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Okinawa. Plaque d Okinawa Ép …   Wikipédia en Français North American Plate —   The North American plate, shown in brown The North American Plate is a tectonic plate covering most of North America, Greenland, Cuba, Bahama …   Wikipedia Nazca Plate —   The Nazca plate, shown in light blue Full size image showing all plates The Nazca Plat …   Wikipedia African Plate —   The African plate, shown in pinkish orange The African Plate is a tectonic plate which includes the continent of Africa, as well as oceanic crust which lies …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”