Map - Pacific Plate tectonics (IMAGE)

University of Toronto

Map - Pacific Plate tectonics

Caption

The map highlights in yellow the zones of the Pacific Plate that are being pulled apart by the sinking tectonic plate along the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Credit

Erkan Gün & Russell Pysklywec/University of Toronto

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