place where two tectonic plates will move toward each other
Compression
Stress that decreases the volume of a material
Subduction
Process where two tectonics plates collide
Ridge push
process connected to convection currents in the earths mantle , occurs when the weight of a elevated ridge pushes an oceanic plate towards a subsection
Normal fault
Its tension causes vertical movement downwards along a fault plane
Shearing
Stress that causes a material to twist
Tectonic plates
pieces of the crust that covers the earths surface
Reverse fault
Formed by vertical and horizontal compression, it causes a vertical movement upwards along a fault plane
Mafic
Dark Colored igneous rock that are made of more lighter elements that are more buoyant
Divergent boundary
where two of earths tectonic plates will moving apart
