A Transform Fault Zone
In the textbook Earth Science and the Environment (4th Edition) by Thompson and Turk. Located on page 163, it shows that Tonga has a Convergent Boundary. A convergent boundary is where two lithospheic plates collide head on.
A deep ocean trench typically forms at a subduction zone, which is a convergent plate boundary where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another into the mantle. This process results in the formation of deep trenches in the ocean floor, such as the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean.
A convergent plate boundary forms a deep sea trench. This occurs when two tectonic plates are pushed towards each other, causing one to subduct beneath the other, creating a trench in the ocean floor.
Yes, the Indian plates do have trench forms. Another name for the Indian plate is the India plate. It is a tectonic plate that was originally part of ancient Gondwana.
A divergent boundary forms when tectonic plates pull apart. As the plates move away from each other, magma rises up to create new crust, resulting in features like mid-ocean ridges or rift valleys on land.
subduction zone or continental plate
A deep ocean trench typically forms at a subduction zone, which is a convergent plate boundary where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another into the mantle. This process results in the formation of deep trenches in the ocean floor, such as the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean.
A convergent plate boundary forms a deep sea trench. This occurs when two tectonic plates are pushed towards each other, causing one to subduct beneath the other, creating a trench in the ocean floor.
An ocean trench forms when one tectonic plate is forced beneath another in a process called subduction. This creates a deep, elongated depression in the ocean floor where the subducted plate descends into the Earth's mantle. Ocean trenches are often associated with volcanic activity and earthquakes due to the tectonic forces at work.
In geology a trench is formed where one tectonic plate is subducted or forced under another plate.
trench
Yes, the Indian plates do have trench forms. Another name for the Indian plate is the India plate. It is a tectonic plate that was originally part of ancient Gondwana.
a subduction zone forms
Convergent plate boundaries, where tectonic plates are moving towards each other, can form sea trenches. As one plate is forced beneath the other in a process called subduction, a deep trench is created in the seafloor. An example of this is the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate.
Divergent Plate Boundary. A Rift Valley forms between the two plates.
A divergent boundary forms when tectonic plates pull apart. As the plates move away from each other, magma rises up to create new crust, resulting in features like mid-ocean ridges or rift valleys on land.
The Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench) is the deepest known part of the world's oceans, and the deepest location on the surface of the Earth's crust. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. The trench is about 2550 km (1580 miles) long but has a mean width of only 69 km (43 miles). It reaches a maximum depth of about 11,034 meters (36,201 feet) at the Challenger Deep, a small slot-shaped valley in its floor, at its southern end.[1]Part of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc system, the trench forms the boundary between two tectonic plates, where the western edge of the Pacific Plate is subducted beneath the small Mariana Plate. Because the Pacific plate is the largest of all the tectonic plates on Earth, crustal material at its western edge has had a long time since formation (up to 170 million years) to compact and become very dense; hence its great height-difference (which translates to water depth) relative to the higher-riding Mariana Plate, at the point where the Pacific Plate crust is subducted (is forced down beneath the other). This deep area, is the Mariana trench proper. The movement of these plates is also responsible for the formation of the Mariana Islands.At the bottom of the trench, where the plates meet, the water column above exerts a pressure of 108.6 MPa, over one thousand times the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level. Some creatures of the type normally encountered that could live at these depths are few, but some fish species, like the angler fish or other deep-sea fish, have been spotted in these waters.[
Normally a Divergent boundary because as the plates diverge, lava spews out, but they can also form at a Convergent boundary, or, although less likely, a transform boundary.