Tectonic plates are pieces of Earth’s crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere. The plates are around 100 km thick and consist of two principal types of material: oceanic crust and continental crust. Tectonic plate boundaries are not easily defined, especially for ancient pieces of crust.
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Tectonic plates are pieces of Earth’s crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere. The plates are around 100 km thick and consist of two principal types of material: oceanic crust and continental crust. Tectonic plate boundaries are not easily defined, especially for ancient pieces of crust.
The following list includes the supercontinents known or speculated to have existed in the Earth’s past. The list of ancient cratons, microplates, plates, shields, terranes, and zones no longer exist as separate plates.
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