Image: Tectonic plates boundaries World map Wt 180degE centered-en

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Description: World map in English showing the tectonic plates boundaries with their movement vectors and selected hotspots.
Title: Tectonic plates boundaries World map Wt 180degE centered-en
Credit: Background map: GSHHG v.2.3.7 (public domain); Plates: Prof. Peter Bird; Southwest Pacific Plates’ site; College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State; Kenneth W. Hudnut from USGS, in Earthquake Spectra, June 2006; USGS: This Dynamic Planet; The Antarctic Tectonic Region’s site; Hotspots: Earth Magazine; Written In Stone blogspot, by Dr. Jack Share; Bernhard Steinberger: Plumes in a convecting mantle: Models and observations for individual hotspots, in Journal of Geophysical Research, May 2000; Dr. Peter Schmidt; Ridges and trenches: USGS map; USGS map; Columbia University map.
Author: Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting)
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