Sabrina's Blog 2: Madagascar Plate Tectonics

 Madagascar Plate Tectonics

Madagascar is within the African Plate since the country is very close to Africa. The country is next to the Australian Plate. Madagascar is outside of the Ring of Fire. Within the country, there are active volcanoes from the last million years. Madagascar is close to the Southwest Indian Ocean. There is also a common earthquake activity. Madagascar has a convergent plate, and the map declares there is an overriding plate. 

The African plate consists of both an oceanic plate and continental crust. The country is within the Atlantic Ocean and close to the continent of Africa. The plate boundary has both convergent and divergent boundaries. A convergent boundary that refers to two continent tectonic plates colliding. The oceanic crust with subduct underneath the lighter continental crust. If one side becomes stuck in any way, there will be more than enough pressure to cause an earthquake. If the material goes further, the heat would cause it to melt and "rise up as magma to form dangerous composite volcanoes." Divergent boundaries refer to tectonic plates ripping itself apart. This can also cause earthquakes and volcanoes. 

References: 
1. https://www.oercommons.org/courses/natural-disasters-new-version-coming-soon/view 
2. https://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml#maps 




Comments

  1. Ana GGFebruary 1, 2023 at 11:28 AM

    Very interesting research. I am curious what you'll find out next week when we discuss earthquakes!

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2023 at 5:22 PM

    Hello Sabrina, You did great work on your research. I found similar Plate Tectonics as well. Our countries are connected with the same plate tectonics. My country is Slovakia and consist of the Eurasian Plate.

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  3. Jacob LambethFebruary 5, 2023 at 7:56 PM

    Hey Sabrina, thank you for sharing! Incredibly well done research, I didn't know that the Madagascar still had volcanoes that were still active from over millions of years ago!

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  4. Cinthia MartinezFebruary 5, 2023 at 9:44 PM

    Hi sabrina, I really enjoyed reading your blog. Just like your country, mine which was venezuela had a convergent boundary.

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