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Plate Tectonics

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PLATE TECTONICS

BY: HUNTER DAVENPORT

PLATE TECTONICS

PIECES OF THE LITHOSPHERE IN SLOW CONSTANT MOTION

CONVECTION CURRENT

A CURRENT IN A FLUID THAT TRANSFERS HEAT
Photo by Waifer X

SLAB PULL

SUBDUCTED PLATES PULLED BY GRAVITY AND ARE BEING SUBDUCTED
Photo by Dru!

DIVERGENT

PLATES THAT MOVE AWAY FROM EACHOTHER

RIDGE PUSH

NEW CRUST FORMING AT DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES
Photo by Ken Lund

RIFT VALLEY

LAND FROM A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES
Photo by VanDerFoto

MID OCEAN RIDGE

UNDER WATER LAND FORM THAT IS CAUSED BY DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

DEFORMING AREA WHERE TWO OR MORE PLATES MOVE TOWARDS EACHOTHER

CONTINENTAL VS. OCEAN

CHILE PERU DEEP SEA TRENCH

OCEAN VS. OCEAN

CAN CREATE ISLANDS FROM THE PLATES

CONTINENT VS. CONTINENT

MOUNT EVEREST

SUBDUCTION ZONE

WHERE THE PLATES GET SUBDUCTED UNDER THE CRUST

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

PARTS OF THE PLATES IN AN AREA BEING SUBDUCTED INTO THE OCEAN

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

WHEN TWO PLATES SLIDE PAST EACHOTHER MOVING OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS

BECAUSE OF ALL THE FRICTION RUBBING THIS COULD CAUSE AN EARTHQUAKE

SAN ANDREAS FAULT LINE

THIS IS A RESULT OF A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
Photo by dsearls