Outline of plate tectonics

This is a list of articles related to plate tectonics and tectonic plates.

Individual plates

• List of tectonic plates
• African Plate – Tectonic plate underlying AfricaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Anatolian Plate – Continental tectonic plate comprising most of the Anatolia (Asia Minor) peninsulaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Antarctic Plate – Major tectonic plate containing Antarctica and the surrounding ocean floorPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Arabian Plate – Minor tectonic platePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Burma Plate – Minor tectonic plate in Southeast AsiaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Cocos Plate – Young oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central AmericaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Eurasian Plate – Tectonic plate which includes most of the continent of EurasiaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Explorer Plate – Oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Vancouver Island, CanadaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Farallon Plate – Ancient oceanic plate that has mostly subducted under the North American platePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Gorda Plate – One of the northern remnants of the Farallon platePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Indian Plate – Minor plate that separated from GondwanaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Juan de Fuca Plate – Small tectonic plate in the eastern North PacificPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Halmahera Plate – Small tectonic plate in the Molucca SeaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Indo-Australian Plate – Major tectonic plate formed by the fusion of the Indian and Australian platesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Pacific Plate – Oceanic tectonic plate under the Pacific OceanPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Molucca Sea Plate – Small fully subducted tectonic plate near IndonesiaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Nazca Plate – Oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basinPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• North American Plate – Large tectonic plate including most of North America, Greenland and part of SiberiaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Philippine Sea Plate – Oceanic tectonic plate to the east of the PhilippinesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• South American Plate – Major tectonic plate which includes most of South America and a large part of the south AtlanticPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Sunda Plate – Tectonic plate including Southeast AsiaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

Paleocontinents

• Gondwana – Neoproterozoic to Cretaceous landmass
• Laurasia – Northern landmass that formed part of the Pangaea supercontinent
• Pangaea – Supercontinent from the late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic eras
• Panthalassa – Prehistoric superocean that surrounded Pangaea
• Rodinia – Hypothetical Neoproterozoic supercontinent
• Terrane – Fragment of crust formed on one tectonic plate and accreted to another

Specific areas

• Alpine Fault – Large geological fault in New Zealand
• Benham Rise, also known as Benham Plateau – Extinct volcanic ridge in the Philippine Sea
• East African Rift – Active continental rift zone in East Africa
• Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain – Pacific Ocean geologic feature
• Geology of the Alps – The formation and structure of the European Alps
• Indian subcontinent – Physiographical region in South Asia
• Mariana Trench – Deepest oceanic trench on Earth
• Mid-Atlantic Ridge – Atlantic Ocean tectonic plate boundary
• Mohorovičić discontinuity – Boundary between the Earth's crust and the mantle
• Molucca Sea Collision Zone – Region of complex tectonic activity in Indonesia
• Pacific-Antarctic Ridge – Tectonic plate boundary in the South Pacific OceanPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Philippine Mobile Belt – Tectonic boundary
• San Andreas Fault – Geologic feature in California
• Tethys Ocean, also known as Tethys Sea – Prehistoric ocean between Gondwana and Laurasia

Earthquakes

• Blind thrust earthquake – Movement along a thrust fault that is not visible at the surface
• Earthquake – Sudden movement of the Earth's crust
• Intraplate earthquake – Earthquake that occurs within the interior of a tectonic plate
• Interplate earthquake – Earthquake that occurs at the boundary between two tectonic plates
• Megathrust earthquake – Type of earthquake at convergent plate boundaries

Other plate tectonics topics

• Asthenosphere – Highly viscous, ductile, and mechanically weak region of Earth's mantle
• Back-arc basin – Submarine features associated with island arcs and subduction zones
• Continent – Large geographical region identified by convention
• Continental drift – Movement of Earth's continents relative to each other
• Convergent boundary – Region of active deformation between colliding tectonic plates
• Crust – Outermost solid shell of astronomical bodies
• Divergent boundary – Linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
• Fault (geology) – Fracture or discontinuity in displaced rock
• Island arc – Arc-shaped archipelago formed by intense seismic activity of long chains of active volcanoes
• Isostasy – State of gravitational equilibrium between Earth's crust and mantle
• List of tectonic plate interactions – Movements of Earth's lithosphere
• Mantle – Layer inside a planet between core and crust
• Mountain – Large natural elevation of the Earth's surface
• Obduction – Overthrusting of oceanic lithosphere onto continental lithosphere at a convergent plate boundary
• Mid-ocean ridge, also known as Oceanic ridge – Basaltic underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonic spreading
• Oceanic trench – Long and narrow depressions of the sea floor
• Orogeny – The formation of mountain ranges
• Paleoclimatology – Study of changes in ancient climate
• Paleomap – Map of continents and mountain ranges in the past based on plate reconstructions
• Passive margin – Transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not an active plate margin
• Ridge push – Proposed driving force for tectonic plate motion
• Rift – Geological linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart
• Seafloor spreading – Geological process at mid-ocean ridges
• Seamount – Mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water's surface
• Subduction – A geological process at convergent tectonic plate boundaries where one plate moves under the other
• Supercontinent – Landmass comprising more than one continental core, or craton
• Tectonic uplift – Geologic uplift of Earth's surface that is attributed to plate tectonics
• Transform fault, also known as Transform boundary – Plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal
• Volcano – Rupture in a planet's crust where material escapes