Tectonic Plate Boundaries

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Geologic features from O/O
Volcanic Islands
Oceanic Trench
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Geologic Features from C/O
VOLCANIC Mountains
Trench
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Geologic Features from C/C
Mountains
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Example of GF from O/O
Japan
Philippines
*NOT Hawaii*
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Example of GF from C/O
Andes Mts.
Mt. St. Helens
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Example of GF from C/C
Himalayas
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Why does subduction occur?
When there's a convergent boundary and one plate (C/O) is denser and sinks underneath the other
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Ridges
An underwater mountain chain that formed due to divergent plates. When they move apart, magma from the mantle seeps out and spreads
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Ocean Basin
Deppest part of the ocean floor located on both sides of a mid ocean ridge
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Plastic like layer of the Earth where the plates move around on like a raft
Asthenosphere
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