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Plate Tectonics Daniel Oelbracht

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PLATE TECTONICS

BY: DANIEL OELBRACHT
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PLATE TECTONICS

THE THEORY THAT THE EARTH'S LITHOSPHERE IS BROKEN INTO MOVING PIECES

CONVECTION CURRENTS

THE MOVEMENT OF FLUID, DUE TO VARIED TEMPERATURES

SLAB PULL

WHEN A PLATE SLAB IS PULLED DOWN TO THE MANTLE BY SUBDUCTION

RIDGE PUSH

NEW CRUST THAT RESULTS FROM DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES, PUSHING AWAY OLDER CRUST

DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

PLATES THAT MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER

RIFT VALLEY

LANDFORMS THAT RESULT FROM A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

MID-OCEAN RIDGE

UNDERWATER LANDFORM THAT IS CAUSED BY A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

PLATES THAT MOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER

ISLAND ARC

UNDERWATER LANDFORMS THAT RESULT FROM OCEAN V. OCEAN

VOLCANIC ARC

A UNDERWATER LANDFORM THAT RESULTS FROM OCEAN V. CONTINENT

MOUNTAIN RANGES

LANDFORMS THAT RESULT FROM CONTINENT V. CONTINENT

SUBDUCTION ZONE

A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY WHERE A TECTONIC PLATE SLIDES UNDERNEATH ANOTHER

DEEP-SEA TRENCH

A GAP IN THE OCEAN FLOOR THAT RESULTS FROM SUBDUCTION

THE ALEUTIAN TRENCH

A DEEP-SEA TRENCH LOCATED NORTH OF THE PACIFIC PLATE

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

PLATES THAT SLIDE PAST THE OTHER

EARTHQUAKES

THE EVENT THAT RESULTS FROM A TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT

A FAULT LOCATED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PACIFIC PLATE

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