boundaries by Karen Tejada

Convergent

karen22319 — 2016-01-28 16:29:16 UTC

In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary(because of subduction), is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.

Example:Washington Oregon CoastLine

DIvergent

2016-01-28 16:29:17 UTC

As plates made of oceanic crust pull apart, a crack in the ocean floor appears. Magma then oozes up from the mantle to fill in the space between the plates, forming a raised ridge called a mid-ocean ridge

Example:Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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Transform

karen22319 — 2016-01-28 16:34:50 UTC

A transform fault or transform boundary, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction.

Example: San Andreas Fault

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