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Mikayla Luptak

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PLATE TECTONICS

THE DYNAMICS OF PLATE MOVEMENT

CONVECTION CURRENTS

THE FLOW THAT TRANSFERS HEAT THROUGH A FLUID

SLAB PULL

GRAVITY PULLING ON A SUBDUCTING PLATE

RIDGE PUSH

NEW CRUST FORMING PUSHES OLDER CRUST OUT OF ITS WAY
Photo by masmediaspace

DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER

RIFT VALLEY

LAND FORM THAT RESULT FROM A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
Photo by Bernt Rostad

MID-OCEAN RIDGE

UNDERWATER LANDFORM THAT WAS CAUSE BY DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

TWO TECTONIC PLATES MOVE TOWARD ONE ANOTHER AND COLLIDE

CHILE PERU TRENCH

IS AN OCEANIC TRENCH IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN

MARIANA TRENCH

THE DEEPEST PART OF THE WORLD'S OCEANS, ITS LOCATED IN THE WEST

HIMALYAS MOUNTAINS

TWO LANDMASSES MET,THE TERRAIN WAS FORCED UPWARD TO CREATE THE

SUBDUCTION ZONE

COLLISION OF THE EARTH'S CRUSTAL PLATES

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

HEMISPHERIC-SCALE LONG BUT THIN OF THE SEA FLOOR

PERU–CHILE TRENCH

REACHES A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 8,065 METRES BELOW SEA LEVEL

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

WHEN TWO PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER

RESULT FROM TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF ENERGY ARE BULIT UP

SAN ANDREAS FAULT

CONTINENTAL TRANSFORM FAULT THAT EXTENDS ROUGHLY 810 MILES