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Which two plates are moving past each other to form the San Andreas Fault?
The Pacific Plate and the North American Plate are moving past each other to form the San Andreas Fault in California. The movement of these two tectonic plates creates a transform boundary, causing horizontal slippage along the fault line.
What type of plate boundary is Hekla the volcano formed?
A diverging is the type of plate boundary that the Hekla volcano formed. Hekla last erupted in 2000. It is located in Iceland. ADDED. Also called a "constructive" plate boundary, because the upwelling magma adds rock to the edges of the two plates.
If composite volcanoes often form along convergent boundaries which plate should be surrounded by the most composite volcanoes?
The plate that should be surrounded by the most composite volcanoes would be the Pacific Plate, as it is predominantly a convergent boundary with other plates (such as the Eurasian, Philippine, and North American plates), leading to the formation of many volcanic arcs and composite volcanoes around the Pacific Ring of Fire.
What type of boundary did the Mariana Trench form along?
The Mariana Trench was formed along a convergent boundary where two tectonic plates are colliding. More specifically, it was created by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the smaller Mariana Plate in a process known as plate tectonics.
What plate boundary is Haleakala on?
Kilauea is located in the centre of a crustal plate (the pacific plate) away from any plate boundaries. The Hawaiian island chain exists due to the presence of a hotspot (potentially caused by a mantle plume) under the centre of this plate causing volcanism.
Which plate is subducting beneath south American plate to form the san Andreas mountain range?
The Pacific Plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate to form the Andes mountain range, not the San Andreas mountain range. The San Andreas Fault is a transform boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate in California.
Which two plates are moving past each other to form the San Andreas Fault?
The Pacific Plate and the North American Plate are moving past each other to form the San Andreas Fault in California. The movement of these two tectonic plates creates a transform boundary, causing horizontal slippage along the fault line.
What type of plate boundary is California?
The Pacific plate is on the left and The North American plate is on the right. The Pacific plate is moving in a northwesterly direction while the North American plate is moving Southwest This is a conservative plate boundary where pressure is being built up and at any point one plate can jerk and release all this energy in the form of shockwaves.
What kind of plate boundary causes mountains to form?
The plate boundary that causes mountains to form is called a convergent boundary.
What two plates collided to form the rocky mountains?
The Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American Plate
What does a transformational plate boundary form?
A transformational plate boundary forms earthquakes.
Why is Pacific Ocean ideal of Tsunamis?
The pacific plate slides across the North American plate for example, which causes tsunamis to form do to underwater earthquakes
How did Mount McKinley form?
Mount Mckinley was formed when the Pacific Plate subducted underneath the North American plate.
What plates form the Rocky Mountains?
The North American plate collided with the Pacific plate that created the rocky mountains.
What type of plate boundary is Hekla the volcano formed?
A diverging is the type of plate boundary that the Hekla volcano formed. Hekla last erupted in 2000. It is located in Iceland. ADDED. Also called a "constructive" plate boundary, because the upwelling magma adds rock to the edges of the two plates.
What causes to form at a convergent plate boundary?
the mid ocean ridges cause the magma to form at a convergent plate boundary.
What boundary does new crust form at?
Divergent plate boundary.
