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[[File:Updated lwandle4.jpg|thumbnail|400px|right|Lwandle and its neighboring plates are shown. This figure is simplified, modified from Stamps et al 2008.]]

[[File:Updated lwandle4.jpg|thumbnail|400px|right|Lwandle and its neighboring plates are shown. This figure is simplified, modified from Stamps et al 2008.]]

The '''Lwandle Plate''' is one of three tectonic micro-plates that previously made up the African Plate, along with the [[Somali Plate]] and the [[African Plate|Nubian Plate]]. Its discovery is very recent, so the velocity of the plate isn't well known or understood.<ref>Saria, E., 2014, Present-day kinematics of the East African Rift: Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth vol. 119, issue 4. DOI:10.1002/2013JB010901</ref> Many experiments are ongoing to quantify this. The Lwandle Plate lies between 30°E and 50°E, sharing a boundary with the Nubia, Somali and [[Antarctic plate|Antarctic Plates]].<ref name=Demetsetal>DeMets, C., R. Gordon, and D. Argus, 2010, Geologically current plate motions: Geophys. J. Int 1–80: 39. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04491.x</ref>

The '''Lwandle Plate''' is one of three tectonic micro-plates that previously made up the African Plate, along with the [[Somali Plate]] and the [[African Plate|Nubian Plate]]. Its discovery is very recent, so the velocity of the plate isn't well known or understood.<ref name=Saria>Saria, E., 2014, Present-day kinematics of the East African Rift: Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth vol. 119, issue 4. DOI:10.1002/2013JB010901</ref> Many experiments are ongoing to quantify this. The Lwandle Plate lies between 30°E and 50°E, sharing a boundary with the Nubia, Somali and [[Antarctic plate|Antarctic Plates]].<ref name=Demetsetal>DeMets, C., R. Gordon, and D. Argus, 2010, Geologically current plate motions: Geophys. J. Int 1–80: 39. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04491.x</ref>

The Lwandle Plate is largely oceanic, resting off the southeast coast of Africa. It is currently believed that the bottom half of [[Madagascar]] is part of the Lwandlean Plate, with one of the plate boundaries cutting through the island.<ref name=Demetsetal /><ref>Horner-Johnson, B., R. Gordon, and D. Argus, Donald, 2007, Plate kinematic evidence for the existence of a distinct plate between the Nubian and Somalian plates along the Southwest Indian Ridge: Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 112, issue B5. DOI:10.1029/2006JB004519</ref><ref>Stamps, D. S., E. Calais, E. Saria, C. Hartnady, J.-M. Nocquet, C. J. Ebinger, and R. M. Fernandes, 2008, [http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ecalais/projects/ear/Stamps_etal_GRL_2008.pdf A kinematic model for the East African Rift]: Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 35, issue 5. DOI:10.1029/2007GL032781</ref>

The Lwandle Plate is largely oceanic, resting off the southeast coast of Africa. It is currently believed that the bottom half of [[Madagascar]] is part of the Lwandlean Plate, with one of the plate boundaries cutting through the island.<ref name=Demetsetal /><ref name=H-JETAL>Horner-Johnson, B., R. Gordon, and D. Argus, Donald, 2007, Plate kinematic evidence for the existence of a distinct plate between the Nubian and Somalian plates along the Southwest Indian Ridge: Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 112, issue B5. DOI:10.1029/2006JB004519</ref><ref name=Stampsetal>Stamps, D. S., E. Calais, E. Saria, C. Hartnady, J.-M. Nocquet, C. J. Ebinger, and R. M. Fernandes, 2008, [http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ecalais/projects/ear/Stamps_etal_GRL_2008.pdf A kinematic model for the East African Rift]: Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 35, issue 5. DOI:10.1029/2007GL032781</ref>

== Origin ==

== Origin ==