التقاء ثلاثي

For other uses, see Multijunction photovoltaic cell.

التقاء ثلاثي Triple junction، هو نقطة التقاء ثلاثة من ألواح القشرة الأرضية.

 أمثلة

Map of East Africa showing some of the historically active volcanoes(red triangles) and the Afar Triangle (shaded, center) -- a triple junction where three plates are pulling away from one another: the Arabian Plate, and the two parts of the African Plate (the Nubian and the Somalian) splitting along the East African Rift Zone (USGS).

The Nootka Fault at the triple junction of the North American Plate, the Explorer Plate, and the Juan de Fuca

 انظر أيضا

• انتشار قاع المحيط
• Triple junction stability

 المصادر

• Oreskes, Naomi, ed., 2003, Plate Tectonics: an Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth, Westview Press, ISBN 0-8133-4132-9