Bouvet Triple Junction
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title:
Bouvet Triple Junction
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The Bouvet Triple Junction is a geologic triple junction of three tectonic plates located on the seafloor of the South Atlantic Ocean. It is named after Bouvet Island, which lies about 250 km (160 mi) to the east. The three plates which meet here are the South American Plate, the African Plate, and the Antarctic Plate. The Bouvet Triple Junction although it appears to be a R-R-R type, that is, the three plate boundaries which meet here as mid-ocean ridges: the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), the South
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Meeting point of three tectonic plates
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Triple_Junction
date created:
2008-04-03T04:24:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T17:32:30Z
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