Plate Tectonics Flashcards

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Convergent

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Ex: plates = colliding
Features: collision between 2 plates destroys the lithosphere

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Convergent: Cont. vs Cont.

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Ex: Himalayan mountains
Features: mountain range; highly deformed mélange of rock

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Convergent: Ocea vs Ocea

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Ex: Mariana Islands, Japan
Features: Volcanic island; deep-ocean trenches; subduction zones

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Convergent: Cont. vs Ocea

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Ex: Andres Mountains, Mount Saint Helens
Features: Volcanic arc; deep-ocean trenches; subduction zones

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Transform

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Ex: plates= sliding past one another
Features: sliding of plates doesn’t create or destroy the lithosphere

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Transform plate boundary

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Ex: San Andres fault zone of Western North America
Features: faults, earthquakes

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Divergent

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Ex: plates=moving away
Features: result of both plates moving away creates new lithosphere

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Divergent: Cont. vs Cont.

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Ex: East Africa rift valley, the red sea
Features: rift valley; new lithosphere created

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Divergent: Ocea vs Ocea

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Ex: mid-atlantic ridge
features: rift valley; mid ocean ridge; new lithosphere created

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