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Why is the boundary of the Narca plate along the east pacific rise a divergent boundary rather than a convergent one?
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Would you expect to find a folded mountain range at a mid-ocean ridge?
You would expect to find a fold mountain range at a convergent or collision boundary rather than at a divergent boundary such as a mid ocean ridge.
Is subduction common at divergent plate boundaries?
Subduction doesnt occur at divergent boundaries, but rather they are found at convergent boundaries.
What are two real world examples of a divergent boundary?
The mid-oceanic ridge in the Atlantic Ocean is one. MID OCEAN RIDGES ARE NOT CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES, but rather are divergent boundaries. This map shows the tectonic plate boundaries. With the help of the legend, you should see where all the divergent, spreading boundaries are: http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/evolving_earth/tectonic_map.jpg Like the word "convergent" implies, convergent boundaries occur where tectonic plates converge, or come together. There are convergent boundaries on the west coast of South America, along the coast of Oregon and Washington in the Pacific Northwest of the US, along the southern edge of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, along the eastern edge of Japan. MID OCEAN RIDGES ARE NOT CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES, but rather are divergent boundaries.
Ask us What force is present at a divergent boundary?
A divergent boundary are two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other, rather than into each other. This can cause rifts, valleys, and ocean ridges.
Is Yellowstone located at a divergent plate boundary?
Yellowstone is situated within a tectonic plate, not at a plate boundary! Volcanic activity is thought to be as a result of a mantle plume, much like the volcanism that created the Hawaiian Island chain.
Why is the boundary of the Nazca Plate considered divergent rather than convergent?
The Nazca plate has more than one boundary. The western and northern boundaries are divergent as the plates are moving apart from one another. However, the Nazca plate's eastern boundary is convergent as it collides with and subducts under the South American Plate.
Would you expect to find a folded mountain range at a mid-ocean ridge?
You would expect to find a fold mountain range at a convergent or collision boundary rather than at a divergent boundary such as a mid ocean ridge.
Is subduction common at divergent plate boundaries?
Subduction doesnt occur at divergent boundaries, but rather they are found at convergent boundaries.
What are two real world examples of a divergent boundary?
The mid-oceanic ridge in the Atlantic Ocean is one. MID OCEAN RIDGES ARE NOT CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES, but rather are divergent boundaries. This map shows the tectonic plate boundaries. With the help of the legend, you should see where all the divergent, spreading boundaries are: http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/evolving_earth/tectonic_map.jpg Like the word "convergent" implies, convergent boundaries occur where tectonic plates converge, or come together. There are convergent boundaries on the west coast of South America, along the coast of Oregon and Washington in the Pacific Northwest of the US, along the southern edge of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, along the eastern edge of Japan. MID OCEAN RIDGES ARE NOT CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES, but rather are divergent boundaries.
Ask us What force is present at a divergent boundary?
A divergent boundary are two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other, rather than into each other. This can cause rifts, valleys, and ocean ridges.
Is Yellowstone located at a divergent plate boundary?
Yellowstone is situated within a tectonic plate, not at a plate boundary! Volcanic activity is thought to be as a result of a mantle plume, much like the volcanism that created the Hawaiian Island chain.
What type of plate boundary does mt kilauea have?
None. Kilauea is in the middle of the Pacific Plate, It is the result of a hot spot rather than a plate boundary.
What type of tectonic plate boundary is a strato-volcano on?
Most calderas are associated with subduction zones, a kind of convergent plate boundary. However, a few calderas, such as the ones at Yellowstone, are associated with hot spots rather than plate boundaries.
With what type of plate boundary are the following places or features associated himalayas aleutian islands red sea andes mountains san andreas fault iceland japan mount st helen's?
(1) Himalayas -- Convergent between continental-continental collision of Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates. (2) Aleutian islands -- Convergent between oceanic-oceanic collision of Pacific plate beneath North American plate. (3) Andes Mountains -- Convergent between oceanic-continental collision of Pacific plate beneath South American plate. (4) San Andreas Fault (Zone) -- Transform boundary (sometimes called a conservative boundary) between Pacific and North American plates. (5) Iceland -- Divergent boundary along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge arm of the Mid-Ocean Ridge, separating North America to the west and Eurasia to the east. *Also* a large hot spot, which is what brought Iceland to the surface, rather than remaining undersea. (6) Japan -- Convergent boundary between Pacific plate beneath North American plate (yes, Japan is on the North American plate). (7) Mount St. Helens -- Convergent boundary between Juan de Fuca beneath North Americna plate. Convergent boundaries build mountains (technically divergent do too, but no one ever thinks about them -- but they're lots and lots of small volcanoes) Continental-continental --> crust slams together like two buses, neither plate can subduct, rock squirts up and out, you get the Himalayas (Indo-Australian and Eurasia) Oceanic-oceanic --> crust meets and the older, denser, cooler one subducts. It reaches a depth that it melts, the new magma rises to the surface, pops out as a volcanic lava flow. Thousands of flows later, you have dry volcanic islands poking out of the surface. Because this is happening along a plane, you get a whole chain - an volcanic island arc like the Aleutians (Pacific plate below North American plate) Oceanic-continental --> crust meets and the oceanic will *always* subduct. Just like oceanic-oceanic, it melts and rises and pops out, but this time on a dry continental surface. Again, thousands of flows later, you have a volcano. Again, as it's on a plane, you get a whole mountain range.
Is kilauea's divergent or convergent?
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What type of plate boundary is Yellowstone?
It is not on a plate boundary, but rather on a hot spot (like Hawaii is).
The San Andreas fault is what type of plate motion?
The San Andreas fault is a right-lateral (dextral) strike-slip fault which marks a transform (or sliding) boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. In essence the plate boundary is destructive rather than constructive but at present the energy is directed at moving the Pacific Plate in a generally northerly direction, parallel with the coastline.
