Earthquakes Chapters 8 & 9
Boundaries Divergent boundaries Convergent boundaries Locations where plates are moving away Oceanic ridges, rift valleys… Convergent boundaries Oceanic – Continental Oceanic crust is being subducted underneath a continental crust Locations – S. America, Pacific NW, Oceanic – Oceanic Two oceanic crusts are converging, one subducts Locations – Aleutians (Island Arc), Japan…
Boundaries Types of Faults Continental – Continental Two continental crusts are colliding Locations – India, eventually northern Africa Types of Faults Normal fault – portion moves downward
Boundaries Reverse Faults The hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall
Boundaries Transform (Strike-slip) Faults The plates move horizontal and parallel to each other
Transform, Reverse, or Normal?
Transform, Reverse, or Normal?
Transform, Reverse, or Normal?
Transform, Reverse, or Normal?
Transform, Reverse, or Normal?