Plate Tectonics and the Structure of the Earth. The Structure of the Earth The Earth is made up of 3 main layers: Core Mantle Crust Inner core Outer Core.

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Plate Tectonics and the Structure of the Earth

The Structure of the Earth The Earth is made up of 3 main layers: Core Mantle Crust Inner core Outer Core Mantle Crust

The Crust The earth’s Crust is made up of Oceanic Crust - thin (~7 km) - dense (sinks under continental crust) - young Continental Crust - thick (10-70km) - buoyant (less dense than oceanic crust) - mostly old

Plates The Earth’s crust is divided into 12 major plates which are moved in various directions. This plate motion causes them to collide, pull apart, or scrape against each other. Each type of interaction causes a characteristic set of Earth structures or “tectonic” features. The word, tectonic, refers to the deformation of the crust as a consequence of plate interaction.

Plate Movement “Plates” of lithosphere are moved around by the underlying hot mantle convection cells.

Why do Plates Move? Hot magma in the Earth moves toward the surface, cools, then sinks again. Creates convection currents beneath the plates that cause the plates to move.

Types of Plate Boundaries

Divergent Boundary

Example of Divergent Boundary

Convergent Boundary There are three styles of convergent plate boundaries Continent-continent collision Continent-oceanic crust collision Ocean-ocean collision

Continent-Oceanic Crust Collision

Ocean-Ocean Plate Collision When two oceanic plates collide, one runs over the other which causes it to sink into the mantle forming a subduction zone. The subducting plate is bent downward to form a very deep depression in the ocean floor called a trench. The worlds deepest parts of the ocean are found along trenches. E.g. The Mariana Trench is 11 km deep!

Continent-Continent Collision Forms mountains, e.g. European Alps, Himalayas

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