The Pacific plate

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• Pacific Plate — The Pacific Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean.To the north the easterly side is a divergent boundary with the Explorer Plate, the Juan de Fuca Plate and the Gorda Plate forming respectively the Explorer Ridge, the Juan… …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the Pacific Northwest — The geology of the Pacific Northwest refers to the study of the composition (including rock, minerals, and soils), structure, physical properties and the processes that shape the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada. The… …   Wikipedia

• Pacific Plate — /pəsɪfɪk ˈpleɪt/ (say puhsifik playt) noun a major tectonic plate underlying the Pacific Ocean …  

• Pacific Plate — Geol. one of the major tectonic divisions of the earth s crust, comprising four sea floor basins; separated from the Nazca, Cocos, and North and South American plates by the East Pacific Rise and San Andreas fault and bounded in the western… …   Universalium

• Pacific Plate — Geol. one of the major tectonic divisions of the earth s crust, comprising four sea floor basins; separated from the Nazca, Cocos, and North and South American plates by the East Pacific Rise and San Andreas fault and bounded in the western… …   Useful english dictionary

• Pacific Ring of Fire — The Ring of Fire redirects here. For other uses of the term, see Ring of Fire (disambiguation). The Pacific Ring of Fire (see below) …   Wikipedia

• plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …   Universalium

• Pacific-Antarctic Ridge — The Pacific Antarctic Ridge (PAR) is a divergent tectonic plate boundary located on the seafloor of the South Pacific Ocean, separating the Pacific Plate from the Antarctic Plate. It is regarded as the southern section of the East Pacific Rise in …   Wikipedia

• Pacific Marine — The Pacific is a Canadian and American marine ecozone extending to the international waters of the Pacific Ocean from the coasts of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. The islands within the Canadian portion are part of the adjacent… …   Wikipedia

• plate tectonics —   the theory concerning the structure of the earth and the processes occurring which explain the configuration of the continents and the location of earthquakes and volcanic activity. There are three types of plate margins, or boundaries between… …   Geography glossary

• 1942: The Pacific Air War — 1942 The Pacific Air War Éditeur MicroProse Développeur MicroProse Date de sortie 1994 Genre Simulation de combat aérien Mode de jeu Un joueur Plate …   Wikipédia en Français