Types of Dinnerware
Convergent Boundaries
When a convergent boundary occurs between two oceanic plates, one of those plates will subduct beneath the other. Normally the older plate will subduct because of its higher density. The subducting plate is heated as it is forced deeper into the mantle, and at a depth of about 100 miles (150 km) the plate begins to melt.
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Divergent Boundaries
Divergent plate boundaries are locations where plates are moving away from one another. This occurs above rising convection currents. The rising current pushes up on the bottom of the lithosphere, lifting it and flowing laterally beneath it.
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Transform Boundaries
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the term 'transform boundary' in the context of plate tectonics. A number of features and examples of...
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