A lokaci guda, haɓakawar kayan kwalliya a kan iyakoki daban-daban yana haifar da tsakiyar teku. Haɗin waɗannan matakai yana sake yin amfani da kayan kwalliyar teku a cikin tufafi. Saboda wannan sake amfani da shi, yawancin tekun teku ba su da shekaru 100 Ma. Mafi tsufa na teku yana cikin Yammacin Pacific kuma an kiyasta cewa yana da shekaru 200 Ma. Idan aka kwatanta, mafi tsufa na zamani na duniya yana da shekaru 4,030 Ma. Manyan manyan faranti guda bakwai sune Pacific, Arewacin Amurka, Eurasian, Afirka, Antarctic, Indo-Australian, da Kudancin Amurka. Sauran faranti masu mahimmanci sun haɗa da Plate na Caribbean, Plate na Nazca, Plate na Cocos Plate na Amurka da kuma Yammacin tekun Atlantika. Abin da ya fi sauri yana motsawa tsakanin faranti na Yammacin Turai da na Kudancin Asiya yana da sauri (75 mm / shekara) a kudancin teku. Abin da ya fi sauri yana motsawa tsakanin faranti na Yammacin Turai da na Kudancin Atlantika yana da sauri (75 mm / shekara).
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