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What type of plate movement causes fault-block mountains to form?
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Lateral movements of diverging plates.
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What causes events such such as earthquakes volcanic eruptions and the creation of mountains?
lithospheric plate movement
What activity in the magma causes crustal plate movement?
convection currents. Causes the magma to move the earths crust creating plate movement.
What are the causes of latur earthquake?
plate movement
Which way is the Arabian plate moving?
Lithospheric plates move at very slow rates, only a few centimeters a year. The movement causes earthquakes, create volcanoes, and deform large masses of rock into mountains. The movement of the Arabian plate is pushing it to the northeast.
What formations occur by plate movement?
Mountains and volcanoes, just to name a few.
What causes events such such as earthquakes volcanic eruptions and the creation of mountains?
lithospheric plate movement
What is is it called when plate movement causes rocks to break?
When plate movement causes rocks to break it is call an earthquake.
What movement does mantle convection currents cause?
They cause plate movement. The plate movement then causes an earthquake.
What is responsible for the plate movement?
Mountains, lakes, earthquakes.
What type of plate of plate boundary causes mountains?
Convergent Boundaries.
What activity in the magma causes crustal plate movement?
convection currents. Causes the magma to move the earths crust creating plate movement.
What is the earth's plate movement responsible for?
Mountains, lakes, earthquakes.
Mountains are created by what type of plate movement?
convergent plates
What are the natural causes of an earthquake?
plate movement
What are the causes of latur earthquake?
plate movement
What land features result from the force of plate movement?
Mountains and deep cracks in the surface of Earth are features that result from the forces of the plate movement.
What are some of the features of earth that are caused by plate movement?
mountains and earthquakes
