NO!!! Most of it is above the ocena.
However, the eastern seaboard of the USA marks the edge of the submarine part of that plate.
If you look at a map of the eastern seaboard, without the ocean , the it fits neatly into the round should of Saharan North Africa; plate tectonics. !!!!!
lenpollock
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∙ 9y agoThe North American Plate has portions of oceanic and continental crust. North America itself is continental crust, but a large section of the floor of the Atlantic Ocean is part of the plate as well. This part is composed of oceanic crust.
the north American plate is in fact a continental plate.
The North American and Pacific Plate boundary is an example of a convergent plate boundary, specifically an oceanic to continental convergent plate boundary.
The collision between the Pacific Oceanic Plate and the North American Continental plate can cause earthquakes in Alaska.
The names are African, North American, South American, Eurasian, Australian, Antarctic, and Pacific plates. Several minor ones include the Arabian, Nazca, and Philippines plate. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html
It is oceanic
the north American plate is in fact a continental plate.
The North American Plate is a combination of continental and oceanic plates. North America itself is continental crust.
The North American and Pacific Plate boundary is an example of a convergent plate boundary, specifically an oceanic to continental convergent plate boundary.
Yes, it is but it is also made of oceanic crust.
The Pacific plate is mostly oceanic lithosphere while the North American plate is mostly continental lithosphere.
The collision between the Pacific Oceanic Plate and the North American Continental plate can cause earthquakes in Alaska.