Talk:List of tectonic plates
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Now here's a sensible list. There are two kinds of useful list. one is a complete list like this one. The other is a selective list. Wetman 19:27, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Australian / Indian plates
I have redirected Australian Plate and Indian Plate to Indo-Australian Plate. I haven't changed pages linking to these two pages as yet, in case someone wants to write separate pages - I thought I would leave it to someone who knows what they are talking about! But in the meantime at least the reader will find the most relevant information on wikipedia, rather than a blank page. -- Chuq 03:51, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Probably a good idea. Some literature refers to the plates separately, whereas, other literature refers to them as combined. Looking at the earthquake distribution map shows an extremely weak separation and thus an explanation. I see that the map has been resized downward which I can understand, however, this substantially reduces the visability of the connection between the earthquake distribution and the plate boundaries. I realize the map can be blown up by clicking on it but it's having the earthquake map and the plate map side by side that provides the real picture. Perhaps, a better visualization could be obtained by enlarging the earthquake map somewhat and placing both maps side by side at the bottom of the page. It would also help if some clever person could make the maps align. The left boundary of the earthquake map is 180 degrees west longitude basically the International Date Line, whereas, the left boundary of the plate map is further to the west.
