1. Plate Boundaries

2. Constructive (Divergent)

3. Geological Process Associated Landforms Example
Plate Movements
Geological Process Associated Landforms
Example
Two plates of the oceanic crust moving apart from each other
Two plates of continental crust moving apart from each other
Upwelling of magma
Creation of new lithosphere
Forms volcanoes
Mid-oceanic ridge formation
Earthquakes
Causes sea-floor spreading
The America’s moving away from the Eurasian and African Plates formed the Mid- Atlantic Ridge
Formed East –African Rift Valley

4. Destructive (Convergent)

5. Plate Movements Geological Processes Associated Landforms Examples
Two Plates moving towards each other (oceanic crust towards continental crust) converging results in the seduction of oceanic plate
Convergent
Seduction-creates oceanic trench
Creation and upwelling of magma.
Volcanoes form
Mountain building (either folded or Island Arc)
Deep –sea trench formation
Earthquakes
LAND IS DESTROYED!
Andes Mountains-
Nazca plate sinking underneath South American plate creating the Andes Mountains

6. Collision Plate Margins

7. Plate Movements
Geological Processes
Associated Landforms
Examples
Two plates moving towards each other (continental crust toward continental crust)
Convergent
Collision
Results in oogenesis (mountain) building.
Folded mountains formed
No volcanoes form here due to no magma
Earthquakes (deep and shallow)
Himalayas-
Indian plate moving into Eurasian plate forms the Himalayas

8. Conservative Plate Margins (Transform)

9. LAND IS NEITHER CREATED OR DESTROYED
Plate Movements
Geological Processes
Associated Landforms
Examples
Two plates moving parallel to each other/ moving sideways past each other.
Horizontal movement
Stick-slip process
Earthquakes (shallow)
LAND IS NEITHER CREATED OR DESTROYED
San Andres Fault
-N American plate moving SEast and Pacific plate move Nwest.

10. Plate boundary rap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkELENdZukI