MSH Volcano
Mazama
MSH
Glacier Peak
1980 (uncom-
pacted)
Age
8800 BP
11.500 BP
3600 BP
Thickness in cm
Distance (km)
200
200
13
25
100
9
75
50
300
10
25
100
140
3.5
150
50
7
1.7
8
200
15
5
4
5
300
30
4
3
400
15
3
0.5
7
3
600
2
5
700
4
1000

the correct answers are:

a - pacific plate;

it is the biggest oceanic tectonic plate. surrounded on all sides by continental tectonic plates, it is submerging and gradually becoming smaller and smaller.

b - north american plate;

huge continental plate, occupying big portion of the northern hemisphere.

c -eurasian plate;

alongside the north american plate, it is one of the two dominant continental plates in the northern hemisphere.

d - indian plate;

a small continental plate, that has been part of gondwanaland initially, but after the break up of it, moved towards northeast and pushed into the eurasian plate that was once part of laurasia.