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Plate Tectonics by Matthew Brown

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PLATE TECTONICS

PIECES OF THE LITHOSPHERE ARE IN SLOW CONSTANT MOTION

CONVECTION CURRENT

THE FLOWTHAT TRANSFERS HEAT THROUGH A FLUID

SLAB PULL

THE PULL OF GRAVITY ON A PLATE THAT IS BEING SUBDUCTED

RIDGE PUSH

NEW LESS DENSE CRUST FORMING AT DIVERGENTPLATE BOUNDARIES PUSHES OLDER CRUST OUT OF THE WAY

DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER

RIFT VALLEY

LAND FORM THAT RESULTS FROM A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

MID-OCEAN RIDGE

UNDERWATER LANDFORM THAT IS CAUSED BY A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

PLATES MOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER

VOLCANIC ARC

FORMS WHEN OCEANIC CRUST CONVERGES WITH CONTINENTAL CRUST

SOLOMON ISLAND

FORMED WHEN OCEANIC CRUST AND OCEANIC CRUST CONVERGED

MT. EVEREST

FORMED WHEN CONTINENTAL CRUST AND CONTINENTAL CRUST CONVERGED

SUBDUCTION ZONE

AN AREA WHERE TWO PLATES COLLIDE AND ONE SLIDES UNDER THE OTHER

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

NARROW TOPOGRAPHIC DEPRESSIONS OF THE SEA FLOOR

THE ALEUTIAN TRENCH

IS AN EXAMPLE OF A DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

PLATES THAT SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER

FUALT

A RESULT OF TRANSFORM BOUNDARY, AN EXAMPLE IS THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT

SAN ANDREAS FAULT

IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY