File:Tectonic plates boundaries detailed-en.svg

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Description

English: Detailed world map in English showing the tectonic plates with their movement vectors

Français : Carte détaillée en anglais des plaques tectoniques avec leurs vecteurs de déplacement

Español: Mapa detallado en inglés que muestra las placas tectónicas con sus vectores de movimiento

Date

2006-10, updated 2015-09

Source

Background map: NGDC World Coast Line data
Data: Prof. Peter Bird's map

Author

Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting)

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Other versions

Derivative works of this file: Philippine Sea Plate br.JPG

Equivalent but updated map in Winkel tripel projection
Equivalent physical map in Winkel tripel projection

српски / srpski
español
français - SVG
An eastern North Pacific exerpt, with additional arrows (red) showing movement relative to the North American plate
An excerpt for SE Asia
Scotia Plate

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:29, 9 February 2023	4,898 × 2,461 (1.23 MB)	Roxy	File uploaded using svgtranslate tool (https://svgtranslate.toolforge.org/). Added translation for tr.
	21:48, 25 January 2018	4,898 × 2,461 (1.14 MB)	Sting	Corrections on subduction directions
	22:11, 15 January 2018	4,898 × 2,461 (1.14 MB)	Sting	Panama plate name
	18:08, 6 September 2015	4,898 × 2,461 (1.14 MB)	Sting	Equator line correction
	18:04, 6 September 2015	4,898 × 2,461 (1.14 MB)	Sting	Frame removed
	17:38, 6 September 2015	4,898 × 2,461 (1.14 MB)	Sting	Shetland microplate direction added
	17:28, 6 September 2015	4,898 × 2,461 (1.14 MB)	Sting	New background map using NGDC WCL data
	07:50, 10 May 2015	4,898 × 2,472 (843 KB)	白布飘扬	Shetland microplate: base on the original source, the movement speed is unclear but the direction is there.
	17:21, 1 October 2013	4,898 × 2,472 (841 KB)	Sting	Shetland microplate: movement undefined => deleting the arrow
	15:52, 6 September 2012	4,898 × 2,472 (842 KB)	McZusatz	typo corr.