Indo-Australian Plate

 Tectonic



To better understand what is going on in this picture. Convergent means where two plates are moving towards each other and colliding.
Divergent  is when two plates are moving from each other
Transform is when one plate passes by another tectonic plate. In less confusing words, they slide by each other but do not collide.

Australia's Tectonic plate is the Indo-Australian plate, one of the 7 major Tectonic plates. Australia is the 6th largest tectonic plate. it is 8,900,000 square kilometers (22,700,000 square miles). The Australian Plate is combined with the Indian Plate however they are viewed as two separate tectonic plates. The Tectonic plate stretches to India and also goes into the oceanic crust of the Indian Ocean.




As you can see in the image the Eurasian plate is outlined and this is because the Indo-Australian plate collides with it and this rises the Himalayan Mountain. If you take a look back at the first image you can see earthquake activity along the Convergent. they are subjected to earthquakes in the northern part of the plate.  

Fun fact-Antarctic plate, India, and Australia were once all connected and they were called the supercontinent Gondwana.






https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/tectonic-plates-earth
https://earthhow.com/7-major-tectonic-plates/

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  1. Ana GGFebruary 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM

    Interesting findings-looking forward to your earthquake research!

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