Plate Boundaries And Faults Flashcards
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Boundary formed where two lithospheric plates are moving toward each other
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Convergent plate boundary
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Process by which one lithospheric plate is forced beneath another lithospheric plate, usually along a convergent plate boundary
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Subduction
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Boundary formed where two lithospheric plates scrape sideways past each other
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Transform plate boundary
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Break or crack in a rock
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Fracture
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Boundary formed where two lithospheric plates are moving apart
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Divergent plate boundary
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Process that pulls a continental plate apart usually in response to tension stress
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Continental rifting
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A long narrow valley that forms as blocks of rock slip down, mainly along normal faults
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Rift Valley
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A fracture along which rocks on one side have moved relative to rocks on the other side
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Fault
