While this was going on, the velocity of the African plate slowed considerably.

Then the African plate tore away from North America.

For example, a central plate, such as the African plate, may have the motions of adjacent plates referred to it.

But when the African plate pulled away from North America, an aborted rift valley was created.

The final collision was when the African plate collided with the North American plate.

It seems probable that the edge of the African plate turned under, its rocky components returning to the crust and perhaps even back into the mantle.

It separates the African Plate to the north from the Antarctic Plate to the south.

The range was formed by the folding actions of the African Plate, which lies under the European Plate.

The chain has been formed by the movement of the African Plate over the Saint Helena hotspot.

When the African plate separated from North America, this created an aborted rift system or half gruben.

About 45 million years ago the mid-ocean rift crossed over the hotspot, and the hotspot passed under the African Plate.

The African plate which later collided with North America created more folding and faulting, especially in the southern Appalachians.

For example, apart from its northern margin along the Mediterranean Sea, the African Plate is surrounded by divergent or transform boundaries.

Recordings of earthquake frequency and other clues show that a part of the African plate extends deep into the Adriatic Sea.

Then around 350 million years ago, the African plate collided with North America creating the folding and faulting in the Appalachians.

It forms part of the tectonic boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate.

Today, the Arabian plate is experiencing a crustal down pull, or slab pull, that has separated from the African plate.

The African Plate is rifting in the eastern interior along the East African Rift.

Where the northern edge of the African Plate is being subducted in an irregular line a second orogeny occurs that is not entirely understood.

It is caused by the African Plate subducting under the Eurasian and Anatolian plates.

The Madeiran archipelago is situated on the African plate in an area tectonically much more stable than the Azores.

The part of the African Plate which lies on the other side of the rift is sometimes referred to as the Nubian Plate.

It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate.

For example, the African Plate includes the continent and parts of the floor of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

The relative motion of the Anatolian Plate is almost entirely westwards relative to the African Plate.

While this was going on, the velocity of the African plate slowed considerably.

The divergent movement of the European and African plates was relatively short-lived.

Then the African plate tore away from North America.

For example, a central plate, such as the African plate, may have the motions of adjacent plates referred to it.

The collision between the Eurasian and African plates made it progressively disappear.

The system is the result of the uplift produced by the pressure of the northward-moving African Plate.

Although Gondwana later split up, the core African Plate remained intact.

But when the African plate pulled away from North America, an aborted rift valley was created.

It seems probable that the edge of the African plate turned under, its rocky components returning to the crust and perhaps even back into the mantle.

The final collision was when the African plate collided with the North American plate.

The crack forming is thought to be part of the process in which the Arabian Plate and African plates are moving apart.

When the African plate separated from North America, this created an aborted rift system or half gruben.

It separates the African Plate to the north from the Antarctic Plate to the south.

About 45 million years ago the mid-ocean rift crossed over the hotspot, and the hotspot passed under the African Plate.

Rift valleys formed along the east coast as the North American, European and African plates diverged.

The range was formed by the folding actions of the African Plate, which lies under the European Plate.

The chain has been formed by the movement of the African Plate over the Saint Helena hotspot.

The African plate which later collided with North America created more folding and faulting, especially in the southern Appalachians.

The island of Rhodes lies on part of the boundary between the Aegean Sea and African plates.

Where the northern edge of the African Plate is being subducted in an irregular line a second orogeny occurs that is not entirely understood.

It is caused by the African Plate subducting under the Eurasian and Anatolian plates.

Recordings of earthquake frequency and other clues show that a part of the African plate extends deep into the Adriatic Sea.

The Madeiran archipelago is situated on the African plate in an area tectonically much more stable than the Azores.

For example, apart from its northern margin along the Mediterranean Sea, the African Plate is surrounded by divergent or transform boundaries.

The rock was thrust upward during the Appalachian orogeny, when the North American and African plates collided around 400 million years ago.