In regions such as the central and eastern U.S., far from tectonic plate boundaries such as the San Andreas Fault, this slippage occurs as a natural process, but very rarely. (sciencedaily.com)
Geothermal areas are categorised as low - and high - temperature fields, where high - temperature fields have temperatures over 180 °C and are found around tectonic plate boundaries where volcanic activity is high. (worldenergy.org)
It is some 4500 meters high, slightly higher than Matterhorn, and a part of one of the most isolated and least explored mid-ocean ridges on Earth — the Gakkel Ridge, a divergent tectonic plate boundary between the North American and Eurasian Plate. (cage.uit.no)