Indo-Australian Plate

[ in-doh-aw-streyl-yuhn ]

noun

, Geology.

1. a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising India and the Australian continent and adjacent suboceanic basins (the Tasman, South Australian, Mid-Indian, Cocos, and Australian Basins); separated from the Eurasian Plate by the Java Trench, from the Pacific Plate by the Tonga and Kermadec Trenches, and from the African Plate by a series of mid-ocean ridges (the Carlsberg, Mid-Indian, and Southeast Indian Ridges).

Example Sentences

The researchers tested the idea near Indonesia’s island of Nias, where the Indo-Australian Plate is bumping under the Sunda Plate.

From Scientific American

To its south, the Indo-Australian plate is slowly being forced beneath it.

From National Geographic

It is the Eurasian plate, not the Indo-Australian plate.

From New York Times

Myanmar is in a seismically active part of the world where the Indo-Australian Plate runs up against the Eurasian Plate.

From Reuters

Myanmar is in a seismically active part of the world where the Indo-Australian Plate runs up against the Eurasian Plate.

From Reuters