#triple_junction

Triple junction

Meeting point of three tectonic plates

A triple junction is the point where the boundaries of three tectonic plates meet. At the triple junction each of the three boundaries will be one of three types – a ridge (R), trench (T) or transform fault (F) – and triple junctions can be described according to the types of plate margin that meet at them. Of the ten possible types of triple junctions only a few are stable through time. The meeting of four or more plates is also theoretically possible but junctions will only exist instantaneously.

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