Plate Boundaries

Your Task!  Using your electronic device, you are to research the two types of plate boundaries (convergent and divergent) along with transform faulting.  Give a brief description of convergent plate boundaries.  Find 5 examples, world wide of convergent plate boundaries.  For each give the physical location (i.e. Washington, D.C.) and the beginning and ending geographical locations (i.e ° N, ° W)  If the location has a touristic identification make sure you provide it.  What major tectonic plate is near?  What type of land form resulted from this boundary? (i.e. mountain, canyon, etc..)  What type of lithosphere makes up the boundary? (continental; granite or oceanic; basalt)  Does catastrophic events occur? (i.e. earthquakes, volcanoes, etc..)

Your Task!  Using your electronic device, you are to research the two types of plate boundaries (convergent and divergent) along with transform faulting.  Give a brief description of divergent plate boundaries.  Find 5 examples, world wide of divergent plate boundaries.  For each give the physical location (i.e. Washington, D.C.) and the beginning and ending geographical locations (i.e ° N, ° W)  If the location has a touristic identification make sure you provide it.  What major tectonic plate is near?  What type of land form resulted from this boundary? (i.e. mountain, canyon, etc..)  What type of lithosphere makes up the boundary? (continental; granite or oceanic; basalt)  Does catastrophic events occur? (i.e. earthquakes, volcanoes, etc..)

Your Task!  Using your electronic device, you are to research the two types of plate boundaries (convergent and divergent) along with transform faulting.  Give a brief description of transformation faulting.  Find 5 examples, world wide of transform faulting.  For each give the physical location (i.e. Washington, D.C.) and the beginning and ending geographical locations (i.e ° N, ° W)  If the location has a touristic identification make sure you provide it.  What major tectonic plate is near?  What type of land form resulted from this boundary? (i.e. mountain, canyon, etc..)  What type of lithosphere makes up the boundary? (continental; granite or oceanic; basalt)  Does catastrophic events occur? (i.e. earthquakes, volcanoes, etc..)

Conclusion  Based on your research and knowledge of plate boundaries. Why do you think the plates move?  What is the average rate of the plate boundaries movement?  What processes take place at each type of boundary?  In what direction do the plates move at each boundary?  What mechanisms have been proposed to account for plate motion?  Under what conditions will a convergent boundary form a mountain range? An island arc system?  What is the difference between a divergent plate boundary and a convergent plate boundary?  What current technologies have helped to detect plate movements, both on land and in the ocean?