la plaque tectonique

Les mouvements de la plaque tectonique peuvent créer des zones de subduction, où une partie de la lithosphere (E) glisse sous l’asthénosphère (D).
Plate tectonic movements can create subduction zones, where part of the lithosphere (E) descends into the asthenosphere (D).
Voilà donc le système dont je parle, au large de la côte Ouest -- sur le bord de la plaque tectonique, la plaque de Juan de Fuca.
So this is the system that I'm talking about, off the west coast. It's coincident with the tectonic plate, the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate.
Voilà donc le système dont je parle, au large de la côte Ouest — sur le bord de la plaque tectonique, la plaque de Juan de Fuca.
So this is the system that I'm talking about, off the west coast. It's coincident with the tectonic plate, the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate.
La limite entre la plaque tectonique indo-australienne et celle du Pacifique traverse la Nouvelle-Zélande et les heurts entre ces deux plaques ont profondément influé sur la taille, la configuration et la géologie de la Nouvelle-Zélande.
The boundary between the Indo-Australian plate and the Pacific plate runs through New Zealand and the interactions between these two plates has a profound effect on New Zealand's size, shape and geology.
La limite entre la plaque tectonique indo-australienne et celle du Pacifique traverse la Nouvelle-Zélande, et les heurts entre ces deux plaques ont profondément influé sur la taille, la configuration et la géologie du pays.
The boundary between the Indo-Australian plate and the Pacific plate runs through New Zealand and the interactions between these two plates has a profound effect on New Zealand's size, shape and geology.
La limite entre la plaque tectonique indo-australienne et celle du Pacifique traverse la Nouvelle-Zélande et les heurts entre ces deux plaques ont profondément influé sur la taille, la configuration et la géologie de la Nouvelle-Zélande.
The boundary between the Indo-Australian plate and the Pacific plate runs through New Zealand and the processes from the collisions have had a profound effect on New Zealand's size, shape and geology.
La limite entre la plaque tectonique indo-australienne et celle du Pacifique traverse la Nouvelle-Zélande, et les heurts entre ces deux plaques ont profondément influé sur la taille, la configuration et la géologie du pays.
The boundary between the Indo-Australian plate and the Pacific plate runs through New Zealand and the processes from the collisions have had a profound effect on New Zealand's size, shape and geology.
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