earthquake(s)
Most of the geological activity at the Earth's surface takes place at boundaries between tectonic plates. These boundaries can be convergent (where plates collide), divergent (where plates move apart), or transform (where plates slide past each other).
The place where tectonic plates touch is known as a plate boundary. At plate boundaries, tectonic activity such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur due to the movement and interaction of the plates. There are three types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform.
Between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate, there is a convergent (AKA Collision) boundary taking place in most areas. The pressure is so great from both plates pushing together equally, that no subduction takes place; (which also means hardly any volcanoes) only upward folding. The upward folding is what has caused the massive mountain range known around the world as the Himalayas.
Tectonic plates are separated by "faults," places where the structure of the Earth is cracked. Most earthquakes occur along fault lines.
The place where two plates come together is called a "plate boundary." These boundaries can be classified as convergent, divergent, or transform based on how the plates are moving in relation to each other.
A transform boundary is the place at which two tectonic plates move past each other horizontally is called transform boundary.The San Andreas fault in California is a transform boundary.The most common place to find a transform boundary is the ocean floor.
Transform boundary
A stream bed that is split by a transform boundary would be split in half with the halves moving in opposite directions of each other. A transform boundary is a place were two tectonic plate meet and rub against one another.
That is a Strike-slip fault. This type of plate boundary is a relatively conservative boundary because the plates moves side by side horizontally causing little or no destruction of old plates or creation of new plates, but only causes a kind of boundary known as a Transform Boundary. An example of a transform boundary is the San Andreas fault, in California, USA North America.
transform boundary
Earthquakes happen when a rock face along the fault line gives way or grinds against the other side. These are not boundaries such as convergent or divergen boundaries but are generally known as transform faults or just faults.
Most of the geological activity at the Earth's surface takes place at boundaries between tectonic plates. These boundaries can be convergent (where plates collide), divergent (where plates move apart), or transform (where plates slide past each other).
The place where tectonic plates touch is known as a plate boundary. At plate boundaries, tectonic activity such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur due to the movement and interaction of the plates. There are three types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform.
divergent boundary
An area where two tectonic plates collide is called a boundary. There are three kinds of boundaries. They are convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.
Transform Plate Boundary: The area where two plates are grinding past each other, snapping into place from elastic rebound as they go, causing numerous earthquakes. The San Andreas Fault is an example of a transform plate boundary between the North American and Pacific plates.
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