Collide, Move apart, and Slide Flashcards
it is a ductile layer under the solid lithosphere
asthenosphere
three types of plate boundaries
convergent, divergent, transform
are plate boundaries where the plates move apart from each other, resulting in the production of a new seafloor.
divergent plate boundaries
are plate boundaries where the plates move toward each other.
convergent plate boundaries
is a type of collision between an oceanic crust and a continental crust.
Oceanic-Continental convergence
it is the process at which the oceanic crust sinks down the continental crust and goes back to the mantle.
subduction
chains of volcanoes parallel to the subduction
continental volcano arc
it is a deep, narrow depression on the ocean seafloor caused by the collision and/or subduction of plates.
trench
is a type of collision between two oceanic crustal plates
oceanic-oceanic convergence
in this type of collision, two continental crustal plates move toward one another.
continental-continental convergence
it is a plate boundary where, instead of moving toward or moving apart from each other, the plates slide past horizontally to each other without destroying the lithospheric plate
transform plate boundary
is another feature that results from plate movement
rift valley