Plates GRINDING past each other
Plates moving in opposite directions
­ dividing
Plates moving in opposite directions
­ dividing
small wrinkles in the crust ­ lots of EARTHQUAKES
mid­ocean ridge
Rift valleys.
volcanoes
eventually new sea floor
West coast of the USA ­ California between the NA plate and the Eurasian Plate
The Great Rift Valley, Africa
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Transform Boundary
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Divergent Boundary (on land)
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DOT
Volcanoes on land
DOT
Volcanoes in water =
Island Arc
Folded Mountains
South America ­ Andes MTN
Aleutian Islands between Alaska and Russia
Himalayas
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