Charcot Plate
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The Charcot Plate was a fragment of the Phoenix Plate
. The Charcot Plate is subducting under West Antarctica
. The subduction of the Charcot Plate stopped before 83 Ma, and became fused onto the Antarctic Peninsula
. There are remnants of the western part of the Charcot Plate in the Bellingshausen Sea
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Phoenix Plate
The Phoenix Plate was an ancient tectonic plate that existed during the mid-Cretaceous through early Tertiary time. The Phoenix Plate began subducting under the Antarctic Plate. The Phoenix Ridge, a mid-oceanic ridge between the Pacific and the Phoenix Plates which had a spreading rate of 18-20 cm...
. The Charcot Plate is subducting under West Antarctica
West Antarctica
West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica, one of the two major regions of Antarctica, is the part of the continent that lies within the Western Hemisphere including the Antarctic Peninsula.-Location and description:...
. The subduction of the Charcot Plate stopped before 83 Ma, and became fused onto the Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
. There are remnants of the western part of the Charcot Plate in the Bellingshausen Sea
Bellingshausen Sea
The Bellingshausen Sea is an area along the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, west of Alexander Island, east of Cape Flying Fish on Thurston Island, and south of Peter I Island . In the south are, from west to east, Eights Coast, Bryan Coast and English Coast of West Antarctica...
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