Iceland, Mid Atlantic Ridge. Eurasian moving away from Caribbean at 4cm a year causing volcanoes.
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Convergent (destructive) - Oceanic vs Oceanic
Montserrat volcano. SA plate moving W meeting the Caribbean plate. SA plate subducts. Line of subduction marked by the Peurto Rico Trench
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Convergent (destructive) - Oceanic vs Continental
Indian ocean tsunami. The Indian plate subducts beneath the Burma plate. plates slipped around 15km . Indian plate moving E at 6cm a year creating sunda Trench.
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Convergent (destructive) - Continental vs Continental
Nepal, Himalayas. Indian crashing into Eurasian at 5cm a year
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Conservative
Izmit Turkey. Eurasian and Abraian plate causing Anatolian fault. San Andreas Fault where Pacific& NA are both moving N but Pacific is moving quicker.
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