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Tensional stress
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What types of stress occurs at a divergent plate boundary?
Tensional stress
What types of stress are present at divergent plate boundaries?
divergent plate boundaries are associated with normal faulting. Thus there is a horizontal least compressive stress, vertical most compressive stress and a intermediate horizontal stress. All stresses are orthoganal to each other.
Does divergent plate boundarys produce the largest earthquakes?
Divergent plate boundaries typically produce smaller earthquakes compared to convergent plate boundaries, where tectonic plates collide. At divergent boundaries, tectonic plates move apart, creating new crust, which generally results in less intense seismic activity. In contrast, convergent boundaries often involve subduction, leading to significant stress accumulation and larger earthquakes. Therefore, the largest earthquakes are generally associated with convergent, rather than divergent, plate boundaries.
What are compressional boundarys?
A compressional bounday is plate boundarys that are being compressed
What is stress at a divergent plate boundary called?
Stress at a divergent plate boundary is called tensional stress. This stress creates pulling forces that lead to the plates moving away from each other, resulting in the formation of new oceanic crust.
What type of boundary occurs between the max a plate and the South American plate?
Convergent on the western perimeter, divergent on the Easter perimeter.
What type of plate boundary occurs west of the Andes?
Divergent
What type of plate occurs between north America and Eurasian plate?
divergent boundary
What kind of plate boundarys are there?
Cool
What type of plate occurs between the nazca plate and South American plate?
It forms a convergent boundary with the South American Plate, divergent.
What type of movement occurs at plate boundaries?
Convergent,Divergent, and Transform Boundaries
What type of plate boundry occurs between the Nazca Plate and South American Plate?
It forms a convergent boundary with the South American Plate, divergent.
