What type of plate boundary exists between the South American plate and the Nazca plate? Which is the overriding plate?

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What type of plate boundary exists between the South American plate and the Nazca plate? Which is the overriding plate?
East Pacific
Mid-Atlantic Ridg
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Tectonic Plates
120
140
IN
iceland
Hot Spot
North American
Plate
Eurasian
Plate
Eurasian
Plate
AleutianT
n Trench
Yellowstone
Hot Spot
Jum de
Fuea Plate
Canary,
lands
Hơt Spot
San Andreas
Fault
Philippine
PLie
African
Plate
-20
Hawai
Hot Spot
Cocos
Plate
Pacific
Plate
South
Fiji Plate
Galapagos
Hot Spat
American
Plate
20
Indian-Australian
Plate
Easter Island
Hot Spol'v
Nazca
Plate
St Helena
Hol Spot
30
Southeast I indian Ridge
Southwesi
Ridge
A odian
Tasman
Hot Spot
Sentia
Plate
Bouvet
Hot Spet
Antarctic
Plate
414)
Antarctic
Plate
Sandwich
Plate
LIKI
L20
14)
140
20
yovainding
piate
suoduct ng
plato
Translorm Plate Boundary Complex or Uncerta'n
Divergent Plate Boundary
(usually broken by transkorm
faults along mid-ocean ndges)
Relatrve Motion
at Plate Boundary Hot Spot
Mantie
(Transkom Faut)
Plale Boundary
Convergent Plate Boundary
(Subduction Zone)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
NOTE: No: all plates and boundaries are shown.
Transcribed Image Text:East Pacific Mid-Atlantic Ridg Mid-Atlantic Ridge Tectonic Plates 120 140 IN iceland Hot Spot North American Plate Eurasian Plate Eurasian Plate AleutianT n Trench Yellowstone Hot Spot Jum de Fuea Plate Canary, lands Hơt Spot San Andreas Fault Philippine PLie African Plate -20 Hawai Hot Spot Cocos Plate Pacific Plate South Fiji Plate Galapagos Hot Spat American Plate 20 Indian-Australian Plate Easter Island Hot Spol'v Nazca Plate St Helena Hol Spot 30 Southeast I indian Ridge Southwesi Ridge A odian Tasman Hot Spot Sentia Plate Bouvet Hot Spet Antarctic Plate 414) Antarctic Plate Sandwich Plate LIKI L20 14) 140 20 yovainding piate suoduct ng plato Translorm Plate Boundary Complex or Uncerta'n Divergent Plate Boundary (usually broken by transkorm faults along mid-ocean ndges) Relatrve Motion at Plate Boundary Hot Spot Mantie (Transkom Faut) Plale Boundary Convergent Plate Boundary (Subduction Zone) Mid-Ocean Ridge NOTE: No: all plates and boundaries are shown.
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