crustal plate
Americannoun
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In some cases the destruction from strike-slip earthquakes is more widespread than from larger quakes that occur in so-called subduction zones, where one large crustal plate is sliding beneath another.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023
We see part of a very active region in California where one crustal plate is sliding sideways with respect to the other.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
Alaska also has some of the most complex geology in North America, with the Pacific crustal plate slamming into and diving under the continent.
From Scientific American • Nov. 5, 2013
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