Triple junction — A triple junction is the point where the boundaries of three tectonic plates meet. At the triple junction a boundary will be one of 3 types a ridge, trench or transform fault and triple junctions can be described according to the types of plate… … Wikipedia
Chile Triple Junction — The Chile Triple Junction (or Chile Margin Triple Junction) is a geologic triple junction located on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean off Taitao and Tres Montes Peninsula on the southern coast of Chile. Here three tectonic plates meet: the South … Wikipedia
Mendocino Triple Junction — The Mendocino Triple Junction is a geologic triple junction where the San Andreas Fault meets the Mendocino Fault and the Cascadia subduction zone, separating three tectonic plates: the Pacific Plate, the North American Plate and the Gorda Plate … Wikipedia
Triple Junction — In Ostafrika treffen der Ostafrikanische Graben, das Rote Meer und der Golf von Aden als Drillingsstruktur aufeinander Als Triple Junction (dtsch.: Tripelpunkt; veraltet auch Drillingsstruktur oder Dreibruchstruktur) bezeichnet man in der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Afar Triangle — For other uses, see Afar (disambiguation). Coordinates: 11°30′N 41°00′E / 11.5°N 41.0°E / 11.5; 41.0 … Wikipedia
Afar Depression — The Afar Depression (also called the Danakil Depression or the Afar Triangle) is a geological depression in the Horn of Africa, where it overlaps Eritrea, the Afar Region of Ethiopia, and Djibouti. Afar is well known as one of the cradles of… … Wikipedia
Afar Region — Afar is one of the nine ethnic divisions ( kililoch ) of Ethiopia, and is the homeland of the Afar people. Formerly known as Region 2, its current capital is Asayita; a new capital named Semera on the paved Awash Asseb highway is under… … Wikipedia
Great Rift Valley — The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by English explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trough, approximately convert|6000|km|mi| 2|lk=on in length, that runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to… … Wikipedia
Red Sea Rift — The Red Sea Rift is a spreading center between two tectonic plates, the African Plate and the Arabian Plate. It extends down the length of the Red Sea, stretching from the southern end of the Dead Sea Transform to a triple junction with the Aden… … Wikipedia
Aden Ridge — The Aden Ridge (also, Gulf of Aden Ridge) is a divergent tectonic plate boundary which runs offshore in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean along the southeastern coastline of the Arabian Peninsula. It extends eastward from the Afar Triple Junction … Wikipedia
