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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
Divergent
(ocean-ocean)
Divergent
(continent-continent)
Convergent
(ocean-ocean)
Convergent
(ocean-continent)
Convergent
(continent-continent)
Movement
(sketch)
Results in
Real World Example
Earthquakes
San Andres Fault
(California)
(tsunami if underwater)
sea-floor spreading
(mid-ocean ridge)
rift valley
trench
island arcs
trench
volcanic mt inland
FOLDED
mountains
Which of the plate movements above could help bring fossils from deep underground to the surface?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Iceland
Red Sea
Great Rift Valley
(both in Africa)
Japan
Aleutian Islands
(between Russia &
Alaska)
Mt. St Helens (Cascades),
Andes Mountains
(South America)
Himalayan Mountains
(Mt. Everest)
--north of India