Oceanic Plate - Ulcer Plate

Japanese: 海洋プレート - かいようプレート
Oceanic Plate - Ulcer Plate
The plates are made up of the ocean floor and are one of the dozen or so plates that cover the Earth's surface. The Pacific, Philippine, Cocos, and Nazca plates have a high average density and sink into the mantle at ocean trenches.

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (プレートはplate) 地球表面をおおう十数個のプレートのうち、海洋底からなるもの。太平洋、フィリピン、ココス、ナスカの各プレートがあり、平均密度が大きいために海溝でマントルに沈み込む。

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