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TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARIES
(remember that oceanic crust is denser than continental crust)
For help: http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/pltec/pltec3.html#divergent
Type of Boundary
Transform
Movement
(sketch)
Results in
Real World Example
earthquakes
San Andres Fault
(California)
Divergent
(ocean-ocean)
Divergent
(continent-continent)
rift valley
Convergent
(ocean-ocean)
Convergent
(ocean-continent)
Convergent
(continent-continent)
Which of the plate movements above could help bring fossils from deep underground to the surface?