Indo-Australian Plate
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
INDO-AUSTRALIAN PLATE
BY: MOLLY MORIARTY & JOHN LARSEN
WHERE IS IT?
- The plate includes the continent of Australia
- Surrounds the sub-continent of India
- The water surrounding the places are part of the plate
PLATE INTERACTIONS
- It interacts with the...
- Pacific, Philippine, Arabian,
- Eurasian, African, and Antarctic Plates
PLATE BOUNDARIES
- Divergent boundaries along south and west side
- Convergent boundaries along east and north side
- Transform boundaries are little areas in between
GENERAL RESULTS OF BOUNDARIES
- Convergent- subduction, volcanoes, and mountains
- Plates collide, one is subducted, pressure forms large landform
- Divergent- sea-floor spreading and new crust
- Crust moves apart, magma fills in, new crust is made
- Transform- earthquakes and faults because they slide past each other
BOUNDARIES AND MOTION
- Indo-Australian Plate is moving northeast
- Pacific and Eurasian are going southwest
IMPACTED LANDFORM
- When the Indo-Australian collided with Eurasian,
- they formed the Hindu Kush and Himalaya Mountains.
- The Indo-Australian Plate is subducting under the Eurasian plate,
- therefore the pressure created the mountains.
HOW WILL THE EARTH CHANGE?
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- The Indo-Australian Plate created part of the Ring of Fire
- The earthquake it caused was in Northern Sumatra and killed around 1,000
- Has an active subduction zone
- Has a mid-ocean ridge system
