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Adriatic Plate, the Glossary

The Adriatic or Apulian Plate is a small tectonic plate carrying primarily continental crust that broke away from the African Plate along a large transform fault in the Cretaceous period.^[1]

Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula.

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The African Plate, also known as the Nubian Plate, is a major tectonic plate that includes much of the continent of Africa (except for its easternmost part) and the adjacent oceanic crust to the west and south.

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Alpine orogeny

The Alpine orogeny or Alpide orogeny is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic (Eoalpine) and the current Cenozoic that has formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt. Adriatic Plate and Alpine orogeny are geology of the Alps.

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Continental collision

In geology, continental collision is a phenomenon of plate tectonics that occurs at convergent boundaries.

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Continental crust

Continental crust is the layer of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks that forms the geological continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).

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Deformation (engineering)

In engineering, deformation (the change in size or shape of an object) may be elastic or plastic.

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Eurasian Plate

The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia), with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent and the area east of the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.

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Istria

Istria (Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Italian and Venetian: Istria) is the largest peninsula to border the Adriatic Sea.

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Italian Peninsula

The Italian Peninsula (Italian: penisola italica or penisola italiana), also known as the Italic Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula or Italian Boot, is a peninsula extending from the southern Alps in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south, which comprises much of the country of Italy and the enclaved microstates of San Marino and Vatican City.

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Jabuka–Andrija Fault

The Jabuka–Andrija Fault is a seismically active thrust fault under the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. Adriatic Plate and Jabuka–Andrija Fault are geology of Croatia.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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List of tectonic plates

This is a list of tectonic plates on Earth's surface.

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Malta

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Mesozoic

The Mesozoic Era is the penultimate era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about, comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods.

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Oceanic crust

Oceanic crust is the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of the tectonic plates.

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Periadriatic Seam

The Periadriatic Seam (or fault) is a distinct geologic fault in Southern Europe, running S-shaped about from the Tyrrhenian Sea through the whole Southern Alps as far as Hungary. Adriatic Plate and Periadriatic Seam are geology of Austria, geology of Italy, geology of Slovenia, geology of Switzerland and geology of the Alps.

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Sedimentary rock

Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation.

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Slovenia

Slovenia (Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene), is a country in southern Central Europe.

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Southern Limestone Alps

The Southern Limestone Alps (Alpi Sud-orientali, Südliche Kalkalpen), also called the Southern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps south of the Central Eastern Alps mainly located in northern Italy and the adjacent lands of Austria and Slovenia.

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Transform fault

A transform fault or transform boundary, is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriatic_Plate

Also known as Adriatic lithosphere, Apulia (microcontinent), Apulian Plate.

Adriatic Plate, the Glossary

Table of Contents

Adriatic Sea

African Plate

Alpine orogeny

Continental collision

Continental crust

Cretaceous

Deformation (engineering)

Eurasian Plate

Fault (geology)

Istria

Italian Peninsula

Jabuka–Andrija Fault

Limestone

List of tectonic plates

Malta

Mesozoic

Oceanic crust

Periadriatic Seam

Sedimentary rock

Slovenia

Southern Limestone Alps

Transform fault

See also

Adriatic Sea

Geology of Austria

Geology of Croatia

Geology of Italy

Geology of Malta

Geology of Slovenia

Geology of Switzerland

References