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At the eastern boundary, the North American Plate is pulling away from the Eurasian Plate, as it has been for eons.
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At the eastern boundary, the North American Plate is pulling away from the Eurasian Plate, as it has been for eons.
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Even today, the Indian Plate inches northward, causing tectonic friction with the Eurasian Plate.
China Disaster Relief: How to Contribute - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Friday's quake is believed to have been centred in a subduction zone where the Pacific Plate collides with part of the Eurasian Plate.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PAUL WALDIE 2011
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Geophysically, the sub-region lies on the Indian Plate, and is bordered on the north by the Eurasian Plate.
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It is on the boundary between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate, on the Longmenshan fault line.
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But the activity in southern Taiwan comes from the convergence of same two plates, and there the Philippine Sea Plate pushes against the Eurasian Plate at a rate twice that for Nankai. "
innovations-report 2009
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"The activity in southern Taiwan comes from the convergence of the same two plates, and there the Philippine Sea Plate pushes against the Eurasian Plate at twice that rate.
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