Plate boundaries Flashcards

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Divergent
continental continental

example

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East African Rift Valley

Nubian boundary from the Somalian boundary of the African plate

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Divergent
oceanic oceanic

example

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Mid-Atlantic Ridge
NA plate and the Eurasian plate

volcanic islands Azores

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Convergent
oceanic oceanic

example

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Mariana Trench and Mariana Islands

Pacific plate subduction beneath Philippine plate

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Convergent
continental continental

example

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Himalayas

Indian and Eurasian plate

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Convergent
oceanic continental

example

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Sunda Trench

Australian plate subduction beneath Eurasian plate

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Transform

example

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San Andreas Fault

btwn Pacific plate and NA plate 1906 earthquake in San Francisco

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