passive margin
they have a continental rise
Active and passive margins describe the various characteristics of continental margins that are a result of plate tectonics. An active margin usually has numerous volcanoes and mountains, while a passive margin typically do not have these formations.
An active continental margin may have a trench.
There are two structures that would be found at a passive continental margin. These structures are continental shelves and continental slopes.
Subduction. A subduction trench.
They have a continental rise
they have a continental rise
Passive continental margins are not areas of convergence. There is little volcanic and earthquake activity on passive margins. Active margins are areas of convergence where one plate is descending beneath another. They are associated with volcanic and earthquake activity.
A continental rise.
they have a continetal rise (
Passive continental margins are not areas of convergence. There is little volcanic and earthquake activity on passive margins. Active margins are areas of convergence where one plate is descending beneath another. They are associated with volcanic and earthquake activity.
passive continental margin
passive margins
Sierd Cloetingh has written: 'Evolution of passive continental margins and initiation of subduction zones' -- subject(s): Plate tectonics, Continental margins
Active and passive margins describe the various characteristics of continental margins that are a result of plate tectonics. An active margin usually has numerous volcanoes and mountains, while a passive margin typically do not have these formations.
An active continental margin may have a trench.
passive margins