Galápagos Microplate
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gal-pagos-microplate-260-18124068
title:
Galápagos Microplate
text:
The Galapagos Microplate (GMP) is a geological feature of the oceanic crust located at 1°50' N, offshore of the west coast of Colombia. The GMP is collocated with the Galapagos Triple Junction, which is an atypical ridge-ridge-ridge triple junction. At the Galapagos Triple Junction, the Pacific Plate, Cocos Plate, and Nazca Plate meet incompletely, forming two counter-rotating microplates at the junction of the Cocos-Nazca, Pacific-Cocos, and Pacific-Nazca spreading ridges.
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wiki
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description:
Very small tectonic plate at the Galapagos Triple Junction
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_Microplate
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date modified:
2024-01-19T23:36:09Z
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13
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