Friday, February 29, 2008

Ancient tectonic plates.

The list below contains the names of ancient tectonic plates:

  • Baltic Plate
  • Bellingshausen Plate
  • Charcot Plate
  • Cimmerian Plate
  • Farallon Plate
  • Insular Plate
  • Intermontane Plate
  • Izanagi Plate
  • Kula Plate
  • Lhasa Plate
  • Moa Plate
  • Phoenix Plate
***** The Baltic plate existed from the Cambrian period to the Carboniferous period. It collided against Eurasia, to form the Ural Mountains about 500 million years ago.

***** The Lhasa Plate was a separate tectonic plate in the Mesozoic. It collided with Eurasia during the Cretaceous period, forming present-day southern Tibet.