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Nazca plate

The Nazca plate or Nasca plate, named after the Nazca region of southern Peru, is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America. The ongoing subduction, along the Peru–Chile Trench, of the Nazca plate under the South American plate is largely responsible for the Andean orogeny. The Nazca plate is bounded…

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Approximate area
15,600,000 km2
Features
Pacific Ocean
Movement1
north-east
Speed1
40-52 mm/year
Type
Minor

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Nodes59
Edges58
Triples90
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033898
Components1

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related to Bibliography · 36
Nazca plate → AbstractCahill, AbstractMark Andrew Tinker, Andrew Papanikolas, Beck, Bolivia, Bolivian, Bryan, Central Peru, Cocos-Nazca, Easter, Extreme Science, Galapagos, Geology, Geology Vol, Geometry, Isacks, James, Journal Geophysical Research, Juan Fernandez, Lesson
related to history · 13
Nazca plate → Bolivian, Central Andes, Cocos, Farallon, Fuca, It, Juan, Mya, Nazca, Oligocene, South American, Subduction, The
related to Peru–Chile Trench · 13
Nazca plate → Andes Mountains, Antarctic, Chile, Chile Rise, Chile Trench, Cocos, East Pacific Rise, Nazca, Pacific, Peru, South American, The, Valdivia
related to Plate motion · 10
Nazca plate → Andes Mountain Range, Aside, Barzangi, Bolivia, Deformation, Isacks, Juan Fernández Islands, Nazca, The, Tinker
related to East Pacific and Chile Rise · 8
Nazca plate → Antarctic, Chile, Here, Nazca, Pacific Ocean, South American, Taitao, Tres Montes Peninsula
related to Aseismic ridges · 5
Nazca plate → Galápagos, It, Nazca, South America, The Carnegie Ridge
Approximate area · 1
Nazca plate → 15,600,000 km2
Features · 1
Nazca plate → Pacific Ocean
Movement1 · 1
Nazca plate → north-east
Speed1 · 1
Nazca plate → 40-52 mm/year

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plate nazca chile south subduction pacific east peru rise southern west tectonic america ocean junction juan coast american antarctic million

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Nazca plateApproximate area15,600,000 km21.00infobox
Nazca plateFeaturesPacific Ocean1.00infobox
Nazca plateMovement1north-east1.00infobox
Nazca plateSpeed140-52 mm/year1.00infobox
Nazca plateTypeMinor1.00infobox
Nazca platerelated to Aseismic ridgesThe Carnegie Ridge0.60section
Nazca platerelated to Aseismic ridgesNazca0.60section
Nazca platerelated to Aseismic ridgesGalápagos0.60section
Nazca platerelated to Aseismic ridgesIt0.60section
Nazca platerelated to Aseismic ridgesSouth America0.60section
Nazca platerelated to BibliographyExtreme Science0.60section
Nazca platerelated to BibliographyLesson0.60section

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