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OCR-A AS Plate tectonics
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Convection currents
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Internal structure
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Plate margins
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Types of margins Types of Margins
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1. Constructive Boundaries
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Magnetic banding
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(I) Constructive Ocean+Ocean Plate eg Mid Atlantic Ridge (North American + Eurasian Plate)
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Iceland rift
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Thingvellir, Iceland
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(II) Continental+Continental Plate Eg East African Rift Valley (African and Indian Plate)
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2. Destructive Boundaries
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Pacific Ring of Fire
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(I) Ocean+Continental Plates - eg Peru, Andes (eg Nazca and South American Plates)
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Andes
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(ii)Ocean + Ocean Plates Eg. Marianus Trench (Pacific and Philippine Plates)
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(iii) Continental+Continental Eg Himalayas, Nepal (Indian+Eurasian Plates)
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Tibetan plateau
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3. Transform Boundaries
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Eg. The San Andreas Fault, California, USA
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Off-set Highway on the San Andreas Fault
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Valleys along the fault line
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Gap theory
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Hot spots Plumes of hot mantle rising to the surface
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Hot Spots > a small area of the earth’s crust where an unusually high heat flow is associated with volcanic activity
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World Hot Spots
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The Trail of Hot Spots
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Any Questions…….
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