plate boundaries

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  • Created by: Ntaurah
  • Created on: 05-12-16 12:38
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  • plate boundaries
    • Destrustive
      • where two plates collide and one plate flows beneath the other (subduction)
      • volcanoes and earthquakes
      • Naza plate and South American plate
    • constructive
      • rising convection currents pull crust apart forming volcanic ridge
      • Mid Atlantic Ridge - Eurasian and North American plate
      • shield volcanoes
    • conservative
      • two plates slide past each other
      • Earthquakes
      • San Andreas Fault , California
    • collision
      • two contentials plates collide and buckle
      • earthquakes
      • Indo-Australian and  Eurasian plate

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