What is Plate

Boundaries ?
 The point at which two
tectonic plates are meet.
TYPES OF PLATE
BOUNDARIES
DESTRUCTIVE
BOUNDARY
ALSO KNOWN AS:

Convergent
Boundary
CRUST INVOLVED:

Continental and
Oceanic Crust
MOVEMENT OF PLATES:

Two plates are moving

toward each other.
One will subducted and
other one will form Island
Arc.
MECHANISM INVOLVED:

SUBDUCTION
The denser oceanic crust is
subducted underneath the
continental crust forming a
subduction zone and Oceanic
Trench.
WHAT IS SUBDUCTION ZONE ?

Regions where this process

of subduction occurs known
as subduction zones.
 OCEANIC TRENCH

are steep depressions in

the deepest parts of
the ocean
Oceanic trenches
typically extend 3 to 4
km (1.9 to 2.5 mi)
below the level of the
surrounding oceanic
floor. The
greatest ocean depth
measured is in the
Challenger Deep of
the Mariana Trench, at
a depth of 11,034 m
(36,201 ft) below sea
level.
 Let’s watch the
Mariana Trench:
Record-breaking
journey to the bottom
of the ocean.
 WHO LIVES AT
THE BOTTOM OF
MARIANA
TRENCH ?
WHAT HAPPEN TO THE SUBDUCTED PLATES?

 It’s melts due to the heat and

pressure.
 WHAT IS FORMED ?
• Formation of Volcanoes
• Earthquakes ( friction and pressure during
subduction )
• Fold Mountains
• Ocean Treaches
 EXAMPLES:

 South America and Nazca Plates

forming Andes
 Deep sea Trench – Peru- Chile Trench
SOUTH AMERICA AND NAZCA PLATES
FORMING ANDES MOUNTAIN RANGES
 Let’s watch the
topography of the Andres
CONSTRUCTIVE
BOUNDARY
ALSO KNOWN AS:

Divergent
Boundary
CRUST INVOLVED:

Oceanic to
oceanic
 MOVEMENT OF PLATES:

Two plates are moving away from each other.

MECHANISM INVOLVED:

Convection Current
Lighter (less dense), warm material rises while heavier
(more dense) cool material sinks. It is this movement
that creates circulation patterns known as convection
currents in the atmosphere, in water, and in
the mantle of Earth.
As the two plates separate, hot magma is able to
rise to fill the gap creating new crust.
WHAT IS FORMED?

• New mountain ranges form under the sea

creating a Mid-Ocean Ridge.
• Volcanic Island
• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
 MOUNTAIN
RANGES
is a series
or chain of
mountains that
are close
together.
MID-OCEAN RIDGE

A mid-ocean
ridge or mid-
oceanic ridge is
an underwater
mountain range,
formed by plate
tectonics.
 EXAMPLES:
Volcanic Island – Surtsey, Iceland
EXAMPLES:

Let’s watch the video

about the Volcanic
Formation of Surtsey,
Iceland
EXAMPLE:

North
American
and
Eurasian
Plate
forming the
Mid-Atlantic
Ridge.
COLLISION
BOUNDARY
CRUST INVOLVED:

Both Continental Crust

MOVEMENT OF PLATES:

•Two plates are moving

towards each other.
MECHANISM INVOLVED:

Both resist subduction and

buckle and fold, being
forces upwards to create
fold mountains.
WHAT IS FORMED?

• Fold mountains
- are mountains that
form mainly by the
effects of folding on
layers within the upper
part of the Earth's
crust.
EXAMPLE:

•Indo-Australian and Eurasian

Plate forming the Himalayas.
Let’s watch the
formation of
Himalayas
CONSERVATIVE
BOUNDARY
ALSO KNOWN AS:

Transform Fault Boundary

Stike Slip Boundary
CRUST INVOLVED:

•Continental to
continental
MOVEMENT OF PLATES:

Two plates are moving along

side each other.
MECHANISM INVOLVED:

Crust is neither created or destroyed

Pressure and Friction are the cause why it results side
by side movement of plates.
Pressures builds up due to friction between the plates
and when the plates break apart, the energy is sent
through the Earth as seismic wavesin the form of an
earthquakes.
EXAMPLES

North America and Pacific

Plates forming a San
Andreas Fault.
Let’s watch about the Formation
of San Andreas Fault