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Tectonic Boundaries

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PLATE TECTONICS

EARTHS PLATES DIVIDED INTO MANY PIECES, SLIDING OVER THE MANTLE.

CONVECTION CURRENTS

THE MOVEMENT OF THE HEATED FLUIDS UNDER THE MANTLE.

SLAB PULL

SUBDUCTION, PULLED DOWN DUE TO THE DENCE PLATES SINKING.

RIDGE PUSH

THE PUSH OF MAGMA TO THE EARTHS SURFACE.

DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

TWO PLATES THAT ARE MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.

RIFT VALLY

A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY ON LAND IN ICELAND.

MID-OCEAN RIDGE

A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY UNDER THE SEA IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

TWO PLATES OF THE LITHOSPHERE MOVE TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER.

OCEAN VS. CONTINENT

COLLISION CREATES A VOLCANIC ARCH.

OCEAN VS. OCEAN

COLLISION UNDERWATER VOLCANIC ARCH OR ISLAND ARCH.

CONTINENT VS. CONTINENT

COLLISION CREATES MOUNTAIN RANGE

SUBDUCTION ZONE

WHEN ONE PLATE MOVES UNDER ANOTHER PLATE SINKS INTO THE MANTLE.

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

CAUSED WHEN ONE TECTONIC PLATE SLIDES UNDER ANOTHER

TRENCH IN FINDING NEMO

EXAMPLE OF A DEEP OCEAN TRENCH.

TRANSFORMER BOUNDRY

THE SLIDING OF TWO PLATES PAST EACH OTHER.

FAULTS

HAPPEN WHEN THERES A TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES

EXAMPLE OF TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

AUSTRALIA FAULT