Table 1: Observational Data on the World's Major Tectonic Plates


Plate name

Neighboring plates

Plate boundaries (convergent, divergent, or transform)

% Continental

% Oceanic

Estimated average plate motion (NNR)

Rate

Direction


Antarctic

 

 

 

 

 

 


Arabian

 

 

 

 

 

 


Australian

 

 

 

 

 

 


Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

 


Cocos

 

 

 

 

 

 


Eurasian

 

 

 

 

 

 


Indian

 

 

 

 

 

 


Nazca

 

 

 

 

 

 


North American

 

 

 

 

 

 


Nubia
(Western African)

 

 

 

 

 

 


Pacific

 

 

 

 

 

 


Philippine

 

 

 

 

 

 


South American