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Shaking our world
Ahmed Elgamal
Types of plate boundaries
Convergent boundary
Where two plates move toward each other at a subduction zoneMovement of convergent boundary
Oceanic - Continental convergent plate boundary form Trenches and Volcanic arcs
Oceanic - Continental
Oceanic - Oceanic convergent plate boundary form Trenches and Island Arcs
Oceanic - Oceanic
Continental - Continental divergent plate boundary form Mountains
Continental - Continental
Transform boundary
When two plates slide past each otherMovement of transform boundary:
Oceanic - Oceanic
Oceanic - Oceanic transform plate boundary form Tsunamis
Continental - Continental
Continental - Continental transform plate boundary form Earthquake
Divergent boundary
When two plates move apart from each otherMovement of divergent boundary :
Oceanic - Oceanic
oceanic - oceanic divergent plate boundary form Mid ocean ridge
Continental - Continental
Continental - Continental plate convergent plate boundary form Rift valley
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