Scotia plate
The Scotia Plate is an oceanic lithosphere plate in the South Atlantic between the South American Plate in the North, the sandwich plate to the east and the Antarctic plate to the south and west.
The northern and southern boundaries of this plate are transform faults . On the eastern edge of the Scotia plate is the East Scotia Ridge, a mid-ocean ridge that separates it from the small sandwich plate. The western boundary to the Antarctic Plate is complex and less well defined.
One scientific hypothesis is that the westward movement of the South American plate forced the Caribbean and Scotia plates at their northern and southern ends to squeeze around them. Both show a similar shape and are bounded on their eastern side by a subduction zone of the South American plate.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Plate Tectonic Evolution of the South Eastern Caribbean Plate Boundary Zone (English) ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
