GEO-TECTONICS

AND ITS
ASSOCIATED
LANDFORMS

LANDFORMS THAT ARE MADE

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TECTONICS AND RELATED

LANDFORMS

AGENDA
INTRODUCTION
TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARIES
CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
GEOLOGICAL IMPACTS
 PLATE TECTONICS

Introduction
PLATE BOUNDARIES are the areas where two or
more tectonic plates meet .CALIFORNIA is a prime
example of a state where plate boundaries have
caused significant geological impacts .This
presentation will provide a comprehensive study
of the landforms associated with plate
boundaries in CALAFORNIA.

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 SAN ANDREAS FAULT

THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT is one of the major plate

boundary that runs through CALIFORNIA.It is
responsible for many of the states earthquakes and
caused significant damges int the past.the fault is a
transform plate boundary,where two plates slide pass
each other horizontally.
PACIFIC PLATE
• THE PACIFIC PLATE IS ONE OF THR MAJOR TECTONIC
PLATE THAT MEETS IN CALIFORNIA
• IT IS AN OCEANIC PLATE THAT IS MOVING IN NOTH
WEST DIRECTION
• THE PLATE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE PACIFIC PLATE
AND THE NORTH AMERICAN PLATE IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE CREATION OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT

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TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES
• A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY IS A TYPE OF
PLATE BOUNDARY WHERE TWO PLATES
SLIDE PASS EACH OTHER HORIZONTALLY
• TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES CAN CAUSE
EARTHQUAKES AND GEOLOGICAL
IMPACTS
• THE SAN ANDREAS PLATE IS AND
EXAMPLE OF A TRANSFORM PLATE
BOUNDARY

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 BOUNDAR

PLATE TECTONICS
Y
A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
IS A TYPE OF PLATE
BOUNDARY WHERE TWO
PLATES MOVE TOWARD
EACH OTHER.THERE ARE
TWO TYPES OF
CONVERGENT PLATE
BOUNDARIES :SUBDUCTION
ZONES AND COLLISON
ZONES.BOTH TYPES OF
CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES
CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT 7
GEOLOGICAL IMPACTS
 TYPES OF CONVERGENT

SUBDUCTION ZONES BOUNDARY

• A SUBDUCTION ZONE IS A TYPE OF

CINVERGENT BOUNDARY WHERE ONE
PLATE IS FORCED BENEATH ANOTHER
PLATE
• THIS CAN CAUSE
EARTHQUAKES,VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS, AND FORMATION OF
MOUNTAIN RANGES
• EXAMPLE:SUBDUCTION ZONE OFF
THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATION OF
“CASCADE RANGE”
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COLLISON ZONES
• A COLLISON ZONE IS A TYPE PF
CPNVERGENT BOUNDARY WHERE TWO
PLATES OF EQUAL DENSITY COLIDE
• THIS CAN CAUSE THE FORMATION OF
MOUNTAIN RANGES,SUCH AS THE
HIMALAYAS
• FACT:THERE IS NO COLLISON ZONES IN
CALAFORNIA,BUT THEY CAN BE FOUND
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD

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DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES
RELATED LANDFORM WHAT IS DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?
• A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY IS A
TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY
WHERE TWO PLATES MOVE AWAY
FROM EACH OTHER
• THIS CAN CAN CAUSE THE
FORMATION OF NEW OCEANIC
CRUST AND CREATION OF MID
OCEANIC RIDGES
• DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES CAN
ALSO CAUSE VOLCANIC
ERRUPTION
 MID-OCEANIC RIDGES
A MID-OCEANIC RIDGE IS A
TYPE OF DIVERGENT
BOUNDARY WHERE NEW
OCEANIC CRUST IS
FORMED.THIS IS WHERE
MAGMA RISES UP FROM THE
MANTLE AND SOLIDIFIES TO
FORM NEW CRUST.THE MID-
OCEANIC RIDGE SYSTEM ID
THE LONGEST MOUNTAIN
RANGE IN THE WORLD
 GEOLOGICAL

PLATE TECTONICS
IMPACTS
PLATE BOUNDARIES CAN
CAUSE A VARIETY OF
GEOLOGICAL
IMPACTS,INCLUDING
EARTHQUAKES,VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS,AND THE
FORMATION OF MOUNTAIN
RANGES.THESE IMPACTS CAN
HAVE BOTH POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE
ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN
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