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Nubian Plate

Preamble

The Nubian Plate encompasses almost the entire African continent - save the eastern most portion. Not only is there a myriad of interactions between the Nubian Plate and adjacent plates, but its gross geographical size warrants a more detailed analysis. Therefore, it is necessary to divide it up into two sections: the North West Region and the South West Region (Figure 1). Click on the links below for the respective sections of the Nubian Plate: 
NUBIA: NORTH WEST REGION
NUBIA: SOUTH EaST REGION
Picture
Figure 1: Division of the Nubian Plate, after Bird (2003). The solid black line demarcates the division between the North West Region and the South West Region of the Nubian Plate.
Reference

Bird, P., 2003. An updated digital model of plate boundaries. [Los Angeles, California, USA]. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; AGU and the Geochemical Society. Vol 4, 1-52.
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