At a convergent boundary two plates move towards each other. As the plates slowly collide, one or both of them buckle upwards to create ripples in the surface of the Earth’s crust. This is the process by which mountain ranges are formed. Occasionally one plate forces the other down to fo...
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The lithosphere is broken into several tectonic plates that are composed of hard rocks. This layer floats on top of the softer layer beneath, called... Learn more about this topic: Tectonic Plate Movement | Types, Causes & Effects from ...
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This subduction process frequently occurs because of the two different types of lithosphere that make up tectonic plates: Continental and oceanic. Because oceanic material is denser than continental lithosphere, when the two collide at a subduction zone, the oceanic portion sinks into the mantle beneat...
The Earth's crust, or lithosphere, is divided into seven major areas called tectonic plates. Each plate drifts around slowly based on convection currents in the mantle. Even though the movement is slow, tectonic plates can have enormous impacts, creating impact phenomena, like mountain ranges, vo...
Plateaus usually form when two tectonic plates collide, causing a slow upward movement of land. Some plateaus, such as the Colorado Plateau in the United States, still rise by a measurable distance every year. Plateaus can also be formed by volcanic activity, when layers of lava cool and hard...
This map shows the seafloor and deformation below it at a fracture in the Wharton Basin in the Indian Ocean. This fracture likely formed when the ocean crust was formed, but now it is being turned into a new plate boundary. The depressions are indicative of a strike-slip fault, which is...
Oceans are huge water sources. The reason for regarding oceans as landforms is its vastness; which covers three-fourth or 71% of the earth surface. During the degassing era, when the newly formed earth started to cool down, the hydrogen atoms inside the gas started to reform as rain water...
The different type of tectonic plate boundaries. Credit: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov A transform boundary is formed when tectonic plates slide horizontally and parts get stuck at points of contact. Stress builds in these areas as the rest of the plates continue to move, which causes the rock to bre...