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The '''Antarctic Plate''' is a [[tectonic plate]] containing the [[continent]] of [[Antarctica]], the [[Kerguelen Plateau]] and extending outward under the surrounding [[ocean]]s. After breakup from [[Gondwana]] (the southern part of the [[supercontinent]] [[Pangea]]), the Antarctic plate began moving the continent of Antarctica south to its present isolated location causing the continent to develop a much colder climate.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Fitzgerald|first1=Paul|title=Tectonics and landscape evolution of the Antarctic plate since the breakup of Gondwana, with an emphasis on the West Antarctic Rift System and the Transantarctic Mountains|journal=Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin|date=2002|issue=35|pages=453–469|accessdate=February 1, 2015|url=http://www.geology.cwu.edu/facstaff/huerta/g501/pdf/Fitzgerald2002.pdf}}</ref> The Antarctic Plate is bounded almost entirely by extensional [[mid-ocean ridge]] systems. The adjoining plates are the [[Nazca Plate]], the [[South American Plate]], the [[African Plate]], the [[Somali Plate]], the [[Indo-Australian Plate]], the [[Pacific Plate]], and, across a [[Transform fault|transform boundary]], the [[Scotia Plate]]. |
The '''Antarctic Plate''' is a [[tectonic plate]] containing the [[continent]] of [[Antarctica]], the [[Kerguelen Plateau]] and extending outward under the surrounding [[ocean]]s. After breakup from [[Gondwana]] (the southern part of the [[supercontinent]] [[Pangea]]), the Antarctic plate began moving the continent of Antarctica south to its present isolated location causing the continent to develop a much colder climate.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Fitzgerald|first1=Paul|title=Tectonics and landscape evolution of the Antarctic plate since the breakup of Gondwana, with an emphasis on the West Antarctic Rift System and the Transantarctic Mountains|journal=Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin|date=2002|issue=35|pages=453–469|accessdate=February 1, 2015|url=http://www.geology.cwu.edu/facstaff/huerta/g501/pdf/Fitzgerald2002.pdf}}</ref> The Antarctic Plate is bounded almost entirely by extensional [[mid-ocean ridge]] systems. The adjoining plates are the [[Nazca Plate]], the [[South American Plate]], the [[African Plate]], the [[Somali Plate]], the [[Indo-Australian Plate]], the [[Pacific Plate]], and, across a [[Transform fault|transform boundary]], the [[Scotia Plate]]. |
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The Antarctic plate has an area of about {{convert|60,900,000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ees1.lanl.gov/Wohletz/SFT-Tectonics.htm |title=SFT and the Earth's Tectonic Plates |last1=Wohletz |first1=K.H. |last2=Brown |first2=W.K. |publisher=Los Alamos National Laboratory |
The Antarctic plate has an area of about {{convert|60,900,000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ees1.lanl.gov/Wohletz/SFT-Tectonics.htm |title=SFT and the Earth's Tectonic Plates |last1=Wohletz |first1=K.H. |last2=Brown |first2=W.K. |publisher=Los Alamos National Laboratory |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217002443/http://www.ees1.lanl.gov/Wohletz/SFT-Tectonics.htm |archivedate=February 17, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the Earth's fifth-largest plate. |
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The Antarctic plate's movement is estimated to be at least {{convert|1|cm|in|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} per year towards the [[Atlantic Ocean]] <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jiang|first=Wei-Ping|last2=E|first2=Dong-Chen|last3=Zhan|first3=Bi-Wei|last4=Liu|first4=You-Wen|date=2009|title=New Model of Antarctic Plate Motion and Its Analysis|journal=Chinese Journal of Geophysics|language=en|volume=52|issue=1|pages=23–32|doi=10.1002/cjg2.1323|issn=2326-0440}}</ref> |
The Antarctic plate's movement is estimated to be at least {{convert|1|cm|in|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} per year towards the [[Atlantic Ocean]] <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jiang|first=Wei-Ping|last2=E|first2=Dong-Chen|last3=Zhan|first3=Bi-Wei|last4=Liu|first4=You-Wen|date=2009|title=New Model of Antarctic Plate Motion and Its Analysis|journal=Chinese Journal of Geophysics|language=en|volume=52|issue=1|pages=23–32|doi=10.1002/cjg2.1323|issn=2326-0440}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:47, 12 September 2019
| Antarctic plate | |
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| Type | Major |
| Approximate area | 60,900,000 km2 (23,500,000 sq mi)[1] |
| Movement1 | north-west |
| Speed1 | 12–14 mm (0.47–0.55 in)/year |
| Features | Antarctica, Southern Ocean |
| 1Relative to the African plate | |
The Antarctic Plate is a tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and extending outward under the surrounding oceans. After breakup from Gondwana (the southern part of the supercontinent Pangea), the Antarctic plate began moving the continent of Antarctica south to its present isolated location causing the continent to develop a much colder climate.[2] The Antarctic Plate is bounded almost entirely by extensional mid-ocean ridge systems. The adjoining plates are the Nazca Plate, the South American Plate, the African Plate, the Somali Plate, the Indo-Australian Plate, the Pacific Plate, and, across a transform boundary, the Scotia Plate.
The Antarctic plate has an area of about 60,900,000 km2 (23,500,000 sq mi).[3] It is the Earth's fifth-largest plate.
The Antarctic plate's movement is estimated to be at least 1 cm (0.4 in) per year towards the Atlantic Ocean [4]
Subduction beneath South America
The Antarctic Plate started to subduct beneath South America 14 million years ago in the Miocene epoch. At first it subducted only in the southernmost tip of Patagonia, meaning that the Chile Triple Junction lay near the Strait of Magellan. As the southern part of the Nazca Plate and the Chile Rise became consumed by subduction the more northerly regions of the Antarctic Plate began to subduct beneath Patagonia so that the Chile Triple Junction lies at present in front of Taitao Peninsula at 46°15' S.[5][6] The subduction of the Antarctic Plate beneath South America is held to have uplifted Patagonia as it reduced the previously vigorous down-dragging flow in the Earth's mantle caused by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath Patagonia. The dynamic topography caused by this uplift raised Quaternary-aged marine terraces and beaches across the Atlantic coast of Patagonia.[6]
Lands
- Antarctica (continent)
- Bouvet Island (Norway)
- Crozet Islands (France)
- Île Amsterdam (France)
- Île Saint-Paul (France)
- Kerguelen Plateau (seabed)
- Kerguelen Islands (France)
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)
References
- ^ "Sizes of Tectonic or Lithospheric Plates". Geology.about.com. March 5, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Paul (2002). "Tectonics and landscape evolution of the Antarctic plate since the breakup of Gondwana, with an emphasis on the West Antarctic Rift System and the Transantarctic Mountains" (PDF). Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin (35): 453–469. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- ^ Wohletz, K.H.; Brown, W.K. "SFT and the Earth's Tectonic Plates". Los Alamos National Laboratory. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013.
- ^ Jiang, Wei-Ping; E, Dong-Chen; Zhan, Bi-Wei; Liu, You-Wen (2009). "New Model of Antarctic Plate Motion and Its Analysis". Chinese Journal of Geophysics. 52 (1): 23–32. doi:10.1002/cjg2.1323. ISSN 2326-0440.
- ^ Cande, S.C.; Leslie, R.B. (1986). "Late Cenozoic Tectonics of the Southern Chile Trench". Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth and Planets. 91: 471–496. doi:10.1029/JB091iB01p00471.
- ^ a b Pedoja, Kevin; Regard, Vincent; Husson, Laurent; Martinod, Joseph; Guillaume, Benjamin; Fucks, Enrique; Iglesias, Maximiliano; Weill, Pierre (2011). "Uplift of quaternary shorelines in eastern Patagonia: Darwin revisited" (PDF). Geomorphology. 127 (3–4): 121–142. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.08.003.
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