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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. !!!!!
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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.
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Is the north American plate contental or oceanic?
the north American plate is in fact a continental plate.
What type of fault exists between the North American and Pacific Plate?
The North American and Pacific Plate boundary is an example of a convergent plate boundary, specifically an oceanic to continental convergent plate boundary.
What plate boundary is associated with earthquakes in Alaska?
The collision between the Pacific Oceanic Plate and the North American Continental plate can cause earthquakes in Alaska.
What are the 2 oceanic plates?
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
Is the Pacific plate and oceanic plate or continental plate?
It is oceanic
Is the north American plate contental or oceanic?
the north American plate is in fact a continental plate.
What type of plate is North America?
The North American Plate is a combination of continental and oceanic plates. North America itself is continental crust.
What type of fault exists between the North American and Pacific Plate?
The North American and Pacific Plate boundary is an example of a convergent plate boundary, specifically an oceanic to continental convergent plate boundary.
Is the north American plate made of land?
Yes, it is but it is also made of oceanic crust.
Give the name of one plate that contains mostly oceanic lithosphere and of one plate that continenmental litosphere?
The Pacific plate is mostly oceanic lithosphere while the North American plate is mostly continental lithosphere.
What plate boundary is associated with earthquakes in Alaska?
The collision between the Pacific Oceanic Plate and the North American Continental plate can cause earthquakes in Alaska.
