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geology

rocks and minerals ; plate tectonics, world map , California provinces

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how many California provinces 13
name the major lithospheric plates North American plate, Eurasian plate, South American plate, African plate
what is divergent boundary plates move, along in opposite directions; help create new crust. Normally occurs on ocean floor.
example of divergent boundary mid Atlantic ridge
what is connvergent nown as a destructive plate boundary (because of subduction), is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of lithosphere move toward one another and collide
ocean crust to ocean crust (oc to Oc) 2 plates collide, one is suducted under the other. ex Japenese subduction; resposible for ring of fire, Volanoes yes and earthquakes
3 types of convergent boundaries oceanic to oceanic, ocean- Continental, Continental- Continental
Continental- Continental 2 continents collide,neither is subducted, e-quakes yes; no volcanoes; example Himalayan mts
ocean crust- Continental the denser and heavier ocean crust is forced beneath the less dense ( buoyant) continental crust; ocean trenches form. ex cascade mt pac Nw Andes mts
transform boundary no creation or destruction of crust. 2 plates slide horizontally past one another side by side (strike slip) Eg yes ex (Saf)
hot spot located in the middle of a plate.Plume or pipein theocean allows melted rock from earth interior re flow upward.lithosphere mover over the hot spot creating a new volcanoes. As the plate movesit creates a long chain of volcanoes,when platemovesDormant
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