Rivera Plate

American  

[ri-vair-uh playt, ree-ve-rah] / rɪˈvɛər ə ˈpleɪt, riˈḇɛ rɑ /

noun

Geology, Oceanography.

1. a small tectonic plate just south of the Baja California peninsula off the west coast of Mexico, believed to have separated from the Cocos Plate at least five million years ago.

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Etymology

Origin of Rivera Plate

First recorded in 1945–50; named after the Rivera Transform Fault (former name of the Rivera Fracture Zone ) that borders it on the southwest

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