1. EFFECTS OF
PLATE TECTONICS

2. Effects of Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics is the basic mechanism that is responsible for processes that build up the Earth’s Surface or CONSTRUCIVE PROCESSES.
Three topics related to constructive processes will be examined:
Deformation
Earthquakes
Volcanoes

3. DEFORMATION Deformation (Chapter 7, pages 150 – 167)
Deformation: The bending, tilting, or breaking of the Earth’s surface due to stress.
Two basic types of deformational structures
Faults
Folds
The type of deformational structure formed is dependent on whether the rock will bend or break.
Breaks (Brittle) – Faults
Ductile (Bends) - Folds

4. DEFORMATION

10. FOLDS

23. FAULTS

38. THE END