0
What caused the 2004 indoneisan tsunami - a divergent convergent or transform plate movement?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
It was a thrust fault, a covergent plate movement.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What are three theories of plate movement?
Plate movement has three theories. They are 1. Divergent where they more away from each other, 2. Convergent where they move towards each other, and the 3rd theory or movement is transform, where the movements are side by side.
How are the movement of plates at divergent boundaries and at transform boundaries similar?
They both have a Rift Valley.
What type of movement occurs at each plate boundary?
Two plates can either converge, diverge, or transform. A convergent boundary is when two plates come together, a divergent boundary is when they move apart, and a transform boundary is when two plates slide against each other in opposite directions.
What type of plate movement occurs at a transform plate boundary?
Divergent Boundary - Slides apart.Convergent Boundary - Collides.Transform Boundary - Slips past.
Is the African plate convergent or divergent?
Is the Arabian Plate convergent or divergent? Yes to both. The western margin of the Arabian Peninsula (the Red Sea) and southern margin (the Gulf of Aden) are extensions of the African Great Rift Valley. The point where Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, and Somalia are close together is the central joint of a Y-shaped divergent boundary whose upper arms are defined by the two bodies of water. As the Arabian Plate pulls away from the African Plate, it creates a convergent boundary as it plows into the Eurasian Plate along its northern margin. Much of the tectonic activity and mountain-building (orogengy) in Iran and Turkey is the result of this convergent boundary. Complicated segments with lateral motion are also present along the boundary of the Arabian Plate with its neighbors.
What are three types of tectonic plate movement?
Divergent. Convergent. Transform.
Types of plate movements?
Tectonic movement.
What type of movement occurs at plate boundaries?
Convergent,Divergent, and Transform Boundaries
What are three plate motions?
There are actually 4 types.....1.convergent-two plates pushing toward each other2.divergent-Two plates moving apart3.subduction-one plate is pulled under the edge of another4.Transform\lateral-Two plates slide past each other
What are the 3 ways of plate movement?
That is easy there are acctuaslly 4 they are convergent,covergent subduction, divergent, and transform.
What are the types of movement between plates?
There are three basic plate movement types, first there is convergent movement. Secondly, there is divergent movement and lastly there is transform movements.
The three types of plate movement?
Divergent (moving apart), convergent (moving together) and transform (passing alongside).
What are the three movement of a tectonic plate?
Convergent when they come together. Divergent when they go apart. Transform when they slide against each other.
What is movement of the plates compared to?
The movement of the plates can be compared to... Transform boundary- sliding past one another convergent boundary- moving together divergent boundary- pulling apart
What are three ways plates move?
There are three ways that tectonic plates can move. There is divergent movement, or separating, convergent movement, or coming together, and transform movement, or sliding along each other.
Why are transform faults are harder to find than divergent and convergent boundaries?
Because they realy dont create any prominent geographical or geological feature/landform.
How are the movement of plates at divergent boundaries and at the transform boundaries similar?
The difference between transform and divergent boundaries is that transform boundaries occur when tectonic plates slide past each other, whereas at divergent boundaries they move away from each other. However in both cases the plates move horizontally (unlike at convergent boundaries where one plate may be pushed underneath another).
