PLATE

BOUNDARIES

WHAT ARE ITS DIFFERENT TYPES?

PLATE
BOUNDARIES
• Lines at the edges of the
different pieces of the
lithosphere.
 3 types of PLATE BOUNDARIES
• CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
• DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
• TRANSFORM FAULT BOUNDARY
 CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
• Formed when two plates MOVE
TOWARDS EACH OTHER,
one plate slides underneath the
other.
• Undergoes the process of
SUBDUCTION – one plate
moves underneath the other
• Also called DESTRUCTIVE
BOUNDARY
 OCEANIC-CONTINENTAL C.P.B

• The OCEANIC PLATE

moves underneath the
continental plate.
• Undergoes the process of
SUBDUCTION
 GEOLOGIC FEATURES
1. TRENCH
- long narrow
depressions on the seafloor
that form at the boundary of
tectonic plates where one plate
is pushed, or subducts beneath
the other.
Deepest part of the ocean
 GEOLOGIC FEATURES
2. CONTINENTAL
VOLCANIC ARC
- belt of volcanoes
formed from a subducting
plate, with the belt arranged in
arc shape
- parallel an oceanic
trench
 GEOLOGIC EVENT

1. EARTHQUAKE
- shaking of the ground caused by the movement of the
plates or volcanic eruption
 OCEANIC-OCEANIC C.P.B

• The OLDER OCEANIC

PLATE bends down into the
mantle through the process of
SUBDUCTION because of its
higher density.
 GEOLOGIC FEATURES
1. TRENCH
2. VOLCANIC ISLAND
ARC
- chain of volcanoes,
hundreds to thousands of
miles long, that forms
above a subduction zone
 GEOLOGIC EVENT
1. EARTHQUAKE
2. TSUNAMI
- a Japanese word that
means “Harbor wave”
- a large wave caused
by movements in Earth’s
lithosphere which move
ocean water
 CONTINENTAL-CONTINENTAL C.P.B
• NO SUBDUCTION
• NO VOLCANOES, NO
TRENCH
• With two continental plates
converging, a TENSION ZONE
is formed. Both plates collide
and buckle up causing
MOUNTAIN RANGES.
 GEOLOGIC FEATURES

1. MOUNTAIN RANGE
- series of mountains
that are close together
 GEOLOGIC FEATURES

EXAMPLE:
HIMALAYAS
MOUNTAINS (MT.
EVEREST) formed between
Indian Plate and Eurasian
Plate
 GEOLOGIC EVENT

1. EARTHQUAKE
- shaking of the ground caused by the movement of the
plates or volcanic eruption
 DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

• Formed when two plates MOVE

APART FROM EACH OTHER,
creating tension.
• Also called CONSTRUCTIVE
BOUNDARY
Molten rocks called
MAGMA rise from the
Earth’s mantle to the
surface. The Earth’s
surface is cool enough
to solidify the magma
that rise, thus, creating
a new oceanic crust /
seafloor.
 CONTINENTAL-CONTINENTAL D.P.B
• As the plates diverge, the middle part becomes thinner as the plates are
stretched and forms a break/rift. While this happens, materials from the
mantle may rise, filling up the space.
 GEOLOGIC FEATURES
1. RIFT VALLEY
- linear-shaped lowland
- an area where the crust is
splitting apart
- found both on land and at
the bottom of the ocean
 GEOLOGIC FEATURES
2. LINEAR SEA
- narrow body of water that
forms between two slabs of
continental crusts due to
divergent plate boundary
 GEOLOGIC EVENT

1. EARTHQUAKE
- shaking of the ground caused by the movement of the
plates or volcanic eruption
OCEANIC-OCEANIC D.P.B
• Formation of new oceanic crust
 GEOLOGIC FEATURES
1. MID-OCEAN
RIDGE
- continuous
SUBMARINE
MOUNTAIN CHAINS
rising from the ocean
floor
MID – ATLANTIC
OCEAN RIDGE
formed between
South American
Plate and African
Plate
 GEOLOGIC EVENT

1. EARTHQUAKE
- shaking of the ground caused by the movement of the
plates or volcanic eruption
 TRANSFORM FAULT BOUNDARY

• Formation of Strike-Slip Fault

• Formed when two plates are
SLIDING PAST EACH
OTHER.
 TRANSFORM FAULT BOUNDARY
• Rocks that line the boundary
split into pieces as the
plates slip at each other. A
CRACK(fault) is then
formed.
• Can either be continental-
continental or oceanic-
oceanic
 TRANSFORM FAULT BOUNDARY
• Conservative boundary
- no formation of new
crust
- no destruction or
subduction
EXAMPLE:
SAN ANDREAS FAULT
between the North
American and Pacific plate.
 GEOLOGIC EVENT

1. EARTHQUAKE
- shaking of the ground caused by the movement of the
plates or volcanic eruption