Is it really that complicated? Really? Weâve all seen that ambiguous relationship status âItâs Complicatedâ on Facebook, but what does it really mean? Typically, the implication is that âItâs Mysteriousâ or âItâs Sordidâ or âWouldnât you like to know.â I call shenanigans.
Most of the United States is on the North American Plate. The tectonic plate that most of the United States rests on is the North American Plate. This plate also contains Greenland, Canada, Mexico, and parts of Iceland and Russia. Small parts of California and the entire Hawaiian islands rest on other tectonic plates.
Crustal plates (tectonic plates) are the outer shell of the Earth. Continental crust and oceanic crust are the two main types of plates.Large plates like the North American Plate is considered a continental plate but also contains oceanic crust. Continental crust which contains the interior of the large continents is much older than oceanic plates.rustal plates (tectonic plates) are the outer shell of the Earth. Continental crust and oceanic crust are the two main types of plates.