North Andes Plate
| North Andes Plate | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Minor |
| Movement1 | north-west |
| Speed1 | 23mm/year |
| Features | Colombia, Venezuela |
| 1Relative to the African Plate | |
The North Andes Plate is a small tectonic plate located in the northern Andes. It is squeezed between the faster moving South American Plate and the Nazca Plate. Due to the subduction of the Nazca Plate this area is very prone to volcanic and seismic activity.
References
Bird, P. (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4(3), 1027, doi:10.1029/2001GC000252. [1]
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