| 词条 | Arabian Plate |
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| image = File:ArabianPlate.png | alt = The Arabian Plate | type = Minor | area = 5,000,000 km2[1] | move_direction = north | move_speed = 15–20 mm/year | geo_features = Arabian Peninsula, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean }} The Arabian Plate is a tectonic plate in the northern and eastern hemispheres. It is one of three continental plates (the African, Arabian, and Indian Plates) that have been moving northward in recent geological history and colliding with the Eurasian Plate. This is resulting in a mingling of plate pieces and mountain ranges extending in the west from the Pyrenees, crossing Southern Europe to Iran, forming the Alborz and Zagros Mountains, to the Himalayas and ranges of Southeast Asia.[2] LexicologyThe Arabian Plate is the most common designation of the region, although it is also sometimes referred to as the Arab Plate.[3] BordersThe Arabian Plate consists mostly of the Arabian Peninsula; it extends westward at the Sinai Peninsula and the Red Sea and northward to the Levant. The plate borders are:
HistoryThe Arabian Plate was part of the African plate during much of the Phanerozoic Eon (Paleozoic–Cenozoic), until the Oligocene Epoch of the Cenozoic Era. Red Sea rifting began in the Eocene, but the separation of Africa and Arabia occurred approximately {{Mya|25}} in the Oligocene, and since then the Arabian Plate has been slowly moving toward the Eurasian Plate.[5] The opening of the Red Sea rift led to extensive volcanic activity. There are large volcanic fields called the Older Harrats, such as Harrat Khaybar and Harrat Rahat, cover large parts of the western Arabian Plate. Some activity still continues especially around Medina,[6] and there are regular eruptions within the Red Sea.[7] The collision between the Arabian Plate and Eurasia is pushing up the Zagros Mountains of Iran. Because the Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate collide, many cities are in danger such as those in southeastern Turkey (which is on the Arabian Plate). These dangers include earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. CountriesCountries within the plate include parts of the Iraq, Levant (eastern Lebanon{{dubious|It is mainly W of the rift valley (here: Bekaa), so on the African plate. At least qualify!|date=May 2017}}, Syria, and Jordan), the entire Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Yemen), and Djibouti on the Horn of Africa. Regions include parts of the Southern Denkalya Subregion, the Southeastern Anatolia Region, Awdal and the Khuzestan Province. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geology.about.com/library/bl/blplate_size_table.htm |title=Sizes of Tectonic or Lithospheric Plates |publisher=Geology.about.com |date=2014-03-05 |accessdate=2016-01-23}} {{Tectonic plates}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/handbooks/arabianpages/mainframe.htm|title=Tectonics of the Arabian Plate|work=The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth|author=Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center|publisher=NASA|accessdate=21 July 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070706103125/http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/handbooks/arabianpages/mainframe.htm| archivedate= 6 July 2007 | deadurl= yes}} 3. ^Unal, Bunyamin, Mucahit Eren, and M. Gurhan Yalcin. "Investigation of leakage at Ataturk dam and hydroelectric power plant by means of hydrometric measurements." Engineering Geology 93.1 (2007): 45-63. 4. ^{{cite web|author=arabia2 |url=https://geos309.community.uaf.edu/2014/09/15/arabia2s-plate-boundaries/ |title=Plate Boundaries of the Arabian Plate – GEOS 309: Tectonics |publisher=Geos309.community.uaf.edu |date=2014-09-15 |accessdate=2016-01-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081541/https://geos309.community.uaf.edu/2014/09/15/arabia2s-plate-boundaries/ |archivedate=2016-03-04 }} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://africa-arabia-plate.weebly.com/arabian-plate.html |title=Arabian Plate - African/Arabian Tectonic Plates |publisher=Africa-arabia-plate.weebly.com |date= |accessdate=2016-01-23}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.volcanocafe.org/volcanoes-of-saudi-arabia/ |title=Volcanoes of Saudi Arabia|date=2016-03-07 |accessdate=2016-03-24}} 7. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150526/ncomms8104/full/ncomms8104.html |title=Birth of two volcanic islands in the southern Red Sea |publisher=Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7104 | author=Wenbin Xu|date=2015-05-26|display-authors=etal}} 9 : Arabian Plate|Arabian Peninsula|Tectonic plates|Geology of Africa|Geology of Asia|Geology of the Indian Ocean|Cenozoic geology of Africa|Cenozoic geology of Asia|Natural history of Western Asia |
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