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The Capricorn Plate is a proposed minor tectonic plate lying beneath the Indian Ocean basin in the southern and eastern hemispheres. The original theory of plate tectonics as accepted by the scientific community in the 1960s assumed fully rigid plates and relatively narrow, distinct plate boundaries. However, research in the late 20th and early 21st centuries suggests that certain plate junctions are diffuse across several dozen or even hundred kilometres. The Capricorn Plate is a relatively rigid piece of oceanic crust along the far western edge of the former Indo-Australian Plate. The Capricorn Plate was once joined with the Indian Plate and the Australian Plate to form the Indo-Australian Plate, but recent studies suggest that the Capricorn Plate began separating from the Indian and Aus

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  • The Capricorn Plate is a proposed minor tectonic plate lying beneath the Indian Ocean basin in the southern and eastern hemispheres. The original theory of plate tectonics as accepted by the scientific community in the 1960s assumed fully rigid plates and relatively narrow, distinct plate boundaries. However, research in the late 20th and early 21st centuries suggests that certain plate junctions are diffuse across several dozen or even hundred kilometres. The Capricorn Plate is a relatively rigid piece of oceanic crust along the far western edge of the former Indo-Australian Plate. The Capricorn Plate was once joined with the Indian Plate and the Australian Plate to form the Indo-Australian Plate, but recent studies suggest that the Capricorn Plate began separating from the Indian and Australian Plates between 18 million years ago and 8 million years ago along a wide, diffuse boundary. (en)
  • La plaque du Capricorne est une plaque tectonique tertiaire de la lithosphère de la planète Terre se trouvant sous l'océan Indien dans les hémisphères sud et est. La théorie originale de la tectonique des plaques telle qu'acceptée par la communauté scientifique dans les années 1960 considère les plaques comme totalement rigides avec des frontières distinctes et limitées. Cependant des recherches à la fin du XXe siècle et début du XXIe siècle suggèrent que certaines jonctions de plaques sont diffuses sur plusieurs douzaines voire centaines de kilomètres. La plaque du Capricorne est un morceau relativement rigide de croûte océanique le long de la limite occidentale de l'ancienne plaque indo-australienne qu'elle formait avec la plaque indienne et la plaque australienne. Des études récentes suggèrent que la plaque du Capricorne aurait commencé sa séparation des deux autres plaques entre 18 et 8 Ma le long d'une frontière longue et diffuse. (fr)
  • La placca del Capricorno è una placca tettonica la cui esistenza è stata per ora solo teorizzata, localizzata nell'Oceano Indiano, negli emisferi meridionale e orientale. La teoria della tettonica delle placche originariamente proposta ed accettata dalla comunità scientifica negli anni sessanta, assumeva che ogni placca si comportasse come un corpo rigido e che i relativi margini fossero stretti e distinti. Tuttavia, ricerche effettuate negli ultimi anni del ventesimo secolo e nei primi del ventunesimo hanno evidenziato come alcune giunzioni tra le placche si estendano per decine o anche centinaia di chilometri. Placca del Capricorno è il nome dato al frammento di crosta oceanica relativamente rigido situato lungo il bordo occidentale della placca indo-australiana, ormai considerata divisa in placca indiana, placca australiana e, appunto, la proposta placca del Capricorno. Recenti studi suggeriscono che quest'ultima, che, come detto, era una volta unita alle placche indiana ed australiana a formare la placca indo-australiana, abbia cominciato a separarsi da loro tra i 18 e gli 8 milioni di anni fa lungo un largo, esteso margine e che sia attualmente in un primo stadio di formazione. (it)
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  • The Capricorn Plate (en)
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  • The Capricorn Plate is a proposed minor tectonic plate lying beneath the Indian Ocean basin in the southern and eastern hemispheres. The original theory of plate tectonics as accepted by the scientific community in the 1960s assumed fully rigid plates and relatively narrow, distinct plate boundaries. However, research in the late 20th and early 21st centuries suggests that certain plate junctions are diffuse across several dozen or even hundred kilometres. The Capricorn Plate is a relatively rigid piece of oceanic crust along the far western edge of the former Indo-Australian Plate. The Capricorn Plate was once joined with the Indian Plate and the Australian Plate to form the Indo-Australian Plate, but recent studies suggest that the Capricorn Plate began separating from the Indian and Aus (en)
  • La plaque du Capricorne est une plaque tectonique tertiaire de la lithosphère de la planète Terre se trouvant sous l'océan Indien dans les hémisphères sud et est. La théorie originale de la tectonique des plaques telle qu'acceptée par la communauté scientifique dans les années 1960 considère les plaques comme totalement rigides avec des frontières distinctes et limitées. Cependant des recherches à la fin du XXe siècle et début du XXIe siècle suggèrent que certaines jonctions de plaques sont diffuses sur plusieurs douzaines voire centaines de kilomètres. La plaque du Capricorne est un morceau relativement rigide de croûte océanique le long de la limite occidentale de l'ancienne plaque indo-australienne qu'elle formait avec la plaque indienne et la plaque australienne. Des études récentes su (fr)
  • La placca del Capricorno è una placca tettonica la cui esistenza è stata per ora solo teorizzata, localizzata nell'Oceano Indiano, negli emisferi meridionale e orientale. La teoria della tettonica delle placche originariamente proposta ed accettata dalla comunità scientifica negli anni sessanta, assumeva che ogni placca si comportasse come un corpo rigido e che i relativi margini fossero stretti e distinti. Tuttavia, ricerche effettuate negli ultimi anni del ventesimo secolo e nei primi del ventunesimo hanno evidenziato come alcune giunzioni tra le placche si estendano per decine o anche centinaia di chilometri. (it)
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  • Capricorn Plate (en)
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  • Placca del Capricorno (it)
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