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2006-10-14 07:59:09 · 3 answers · asked by The word Fan! 1 in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

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convergent: two plates running into on another

divergent: pulling apart

and Convection: sliping past one another

and subduction is a convergence when one plate goes beneath another.. oftern oceanic sliping under a continental plate

2006-10-14 08:03:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Divergent boundaries -- where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.
a. continental rift zone (like east African rift)
b. ocean spreading center (like mid-Atlantic ridge)
Convergent boundaries -- where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another.
a. oceanic-oceanic convergence (island arc systems-like Japan margin)
b. oceanic-continental convergence (like South American margin, or Pacific North West of U.S.)
Transform boundaries -- where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other (like San Andreas fault system in California).

see USGS illustration at
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/Vigil.html

2006-10-14 10:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by luka d 5 · 0 0

Oceanic-oceanic:collide; one slides underneath the other, creating deep sea trenches.(Mariana Trench) Oceanic-continental: collide; same as above, deep sea trenches, but creates mountains at the continental side.(West coast of South Amerca, Andes) Continental-continental: collide, same as above and creates mountain ranges.(Himalayan Mountains, Indian and Asian plates)

2016-05-22 01:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by Jennifer 4 · 0 0

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