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Summary Of: African Plate

The African plate is bounded on the northeast by the... The African Plate comprises several continental blocks or... merely a zone of maximum weakness where the African Plate is deforming as plates to its east are moving rapidly northward... the African Plate is bounded by the... on the African Plate but appears to be currently inactive... Cenozoic dynamics of the African plate with emphasis on the Africa...

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