Plate Tectonics Lab-5

Plate: Pacific Plate
Group: Brooke, Kristin, Daniel, Kristin

Observations:
The Pacific Plate runs along the western coast of North America starting in Alaska and the eastern coast of Asia at Japan until the northern coast of Austria.
This plate is famous for the Ring of Fire - a string of active volcanos that are location on the boundaries of the plate.
It is also home to large amounts of seismic activity. Including deep seismic activity on the plate border near the coastline of Asia and more shallow seismic activity along the North America.
The northern plate border goes 10,000 ft + below sea level.
This plate contains the largest concentration of seafloor aged 154 - 180 million years old on the coast of Asia.
The newer seafloor is along the coast of North America.