Question
Explain the extensions of the Indian Plate.
Solution
The extensions:
(i)The Indian plate includes Peninsular India and the Australian continental portions.
(ii)The northern plate boundary is in the form of subduction zone of Himalayas in the east. It extends through Rakinyoma Mountains of Myanmar towards the island arc along the Java Trench.
(iii)The eastern margin is a spreading site lying to the east of Australia in the form of an oceanic ridge in SW Pacific.
(iv)The western margin follows Kirthar Mountain of Pakistan. It further extends along the Makrana coast and joins the spreading site from the Red sea rift southeastward along the Chagos Archipelago.
(v)The boundary between the Indian and Antarctic plate is also marked by oceanic ridges running in roughly W-E direction and merging into the spreading site, a little south of New Zealand.
(i)The Indian plate includes Peninsular India and the Australian continental portions.
(ii)The northern plate boundary is in the form of subduction zone of Himalayas in the east. It extends through Rakinyoma Mountains of Myanmar towards the island arc along the Java Trench.
(iii)The eastern margin is a spreading site lying to the east of Australia in the form of an oceanic ridge in SW Pacific.
(iv)The western margin follows Kirthar Mountain of Pakistan. It further extends along the Makrana coast and joins the spreading site from the Red sea rift southeastward along the Chagos Archipelago.
(v)The boundary between the Indian and Antarctic plate is also marked by oceanic ridges running in roughly W-E direction and merging into the spreading site, a little south of New Zealand.
