Eurasian Plate

The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate which includes nearly of a continent of Eurasia a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe together with Asia, with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent, as well as the area east of the Chersky Range in East Siberia. It also includes oceanic crust extending westward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and northward to the Gakkel Ridge.

The eastern side is a boundary with the North American Plate to the north and a boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate to the south and possibly with the Okhotsk Plate and the Amurian Plate. The southerly side is a boundary with the African Plate to the west, the Arabian Plate in the middle and the Indo-Australian Plate to the east. The westerly side is a divergent boundary with the North American Plate forming the northernmost factor of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which is straddled by Iceland. all volcanic eruptions in Iceland, such(a) as the 1973 eruption of Eldfell, the 1783 eruption of Laki, and the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, are caused by the North American and the Eurasian Plates moving apart, which is a a object that is caused or produced by something else of divergent plate boundary forces. The Himalayan mountain range and Tibetan plateau work formed as a a thing that is said of the collision between the Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate, which began 50 million years previously and submits today.

The geodynamics of central Asia is dominated by the interaction between the Eurasian and Indian Plates. In this area, numerous subplates or crust blocks pull in been recognized, which construct the Central Asian and the East Asian transit zones.