which features are commonly formed at the plate boundaries
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Chapter 3: Plate Tectonics Some features, such as earthquakes and volca-noes, are more common at tectonic plate boundaries than at other places on Earth. Other features, such as mid-ocean ridges and ocean trenches, form only at plate boundaries.
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Deep ocean trenches, volcanoes, island arcs, submarine mountain ranges, and fault lines are examples of features that can form along plate tectonic boundaries. When two tectonic plates meet, we get a “plate boundary.” There are three major types of plate boundaries. If two tectonic plates collide, they form a convergent plate boundary. Usually, one of the converging plates will move beneath the other, which is known as subduction. Deep trenches are often formed where tectonic plates are being subducted and earthquakes are common.
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- The most common igneous rock Basalt (mafic) makes up most of the oceanic plates and is founds at divergent plate boundaries. In fact most igneous rock activity occurs at divergent plate boundaries. However, intermediate to felsic igneous rocks are most commonly found along continental margins.gneous rocks contain the following common minerals: Plagioclase feldspar, Olivine, Potassium feldspar, Pyroxene, Quartz, Amphibole, Biotite, and Muscovite. The percentage of these minerals present in an igneous rock determines whether it is felsic, intermediate, mafic, or ultramafic.
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Types of Geography Features at a Plate Boundary Opposite of a convergent boundary, a divergent boundary is formed by the spreading of a tectonic plate. This process feeds magma to the surface, creating new crust. Divergent zones in oceanic plates form a geological feature called a ridge, forced upward by the pressure of the rising magma.
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Deep ocean trenches, volcanoes, island arcs, submarine mountain ranges, and fault lines are examples of features that can form along plate tectonic boundaries. The third type of plate boundary occurs where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. This is known as a transform plate boundary. As the plates rub against each other, huge stresses are set up that can cause portions of the rock to break, resulting in earthquakes. Places where these breaks occur are called faults. A well-known example of a transform plate boundary is the San Andreas Fault in California.
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- More  commonly, divergent boundaries in the ocea … n occur and cause  mid-oceanic ridges. Divergent boundaries can also form volcanoes  when the plates separate enough to allow molten lava to seep out,  harden, and eventually form islands.7 people found this useful.ore  commonly, divergent boundaries in the ocea … n occur and cause  mid-oceanic ridges. Divergent boundaries can also form volcanoes  when the plates separate enough to allow molten lava to seep out,  harden, and eventually form islands. 7 people found this useful.
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Plates, Plate Boundaries, and Driving Forces Plate boundaries. These observations about the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes helped geologists define the processes that occur at spreading ridges and subduction zones. In addition, they helped scientists recognize that there are other types of plate boundaries.
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Rift Typical rift features are a central linear downfaulted depression, called a graben, or more commonly a half-graben with normal faulting and rift-flank uplifts mainly on one side. Where rifts remain above sea level they form a rift valley, which may be filled by water forming a rift lake. The axis of the rift area may contain volcanic rocks, and active volcanism is a part of many, but not all active rift systems. Major rifts occur along the central axis of most mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust and lithosphere is created along a divergent boundary between two tectonic plates.
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Earthquakes: tectonic plates Converging plate boundaries are of two types: 1  Subduction boundaries occur where oceanic lithosphere is pushed beneath continental or oceanic lithospheres. 2  Where two plates converge at an oceanic trench a subduction boundary is formed as cold oceanic lithospheres are pushed back down into the mantle.arthquakes: tectonic plates. The Earth is formed of four concentric layers that have very different physical and chemical properties: inner core, outer core, mantle and crust. 1  The centre, or inner core, is the hottest part of planet Earth.
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- Plate Boundaries. Objectives: 1. Explain the differences between divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries. 2. Describe the land features associated with each type of plate boundary. 3. Give examples of land structures found at each plate boundary.late Boundaries. Objectives: 1. Explain the differences between divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries. 2. Describe the land features associated with each type of plate boundary. 3. Give examples of land structures found at each plate boundary.
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- Answer 1: Volcanos are most commonly found at subduction zone boundaries. This is where the thinner oceanic plates get pulled under the thicker continental plates. As the plates go deeper, they melt and form pockets of magma which can cause mountains to be built and as the hot magma rises, it erupts out of volcanos.olcanos are most commonly found at subduction zone boundaries. This is where the thinner oceanic plates get pulled under the thicker continental plates. As the plates go deeper, they melt and form pockets of magma which can cause mountains to be built and as the hot magma rises, it erupts out of volcanos.
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- Transform Boundaries Places where plates slide past each other are called transform boundaries. Since the plates on either side of a transform boundary are merely sliding past each other and not tearing or crunching each other, transform boundaries lack the spectacular features found at convergent and divergent boundaries. Instead, transform boundaries are marked in some places by linear valleys along the boundary where rock has been ground up by the sliding. In other places, transform boundaries are marked by features like stream beds that have been split in half and the two halves have moved in opposite directions.
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- There are three main types of plate boundary: divergent, convergent and transform. Plates move away from one another at divergent boundaries. This happens at mid-ocean ridges. Plates move towards one another at convergent boundaries; one plate is forced below another in a process called subduction. Earthquakes and composite volcanoes are common at this type of boundary. Plates move past on another at transform boundaries. The most famous example of this type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault in California. Image: Cutaway artwork showing different types of plate boundary and hotspots. From left: a divergent boundary, a hotspot, a convergent boundary, and another hotspot (credit: Gary Hincks/SPL)
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Deep ocean trenches, volcanoes, island arcs, submarine mountain ranges, and fault lines are examples of features that can form along plate tectonic boundaries. Deep ocean trenches, volcanoes, island arcs, submarine mountain ranges, and fault lines are examples of features that can form along plate tectonic boundaries. Superheated molten lava, about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, is about to explode into the water at the West Mata volcano along the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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- effects that are found at this type of plate boundary include a rift valley sometimes occupied by a long linear lakes or a shallow arm of the ocean numerous normal faults bounding a central rift valley and shallow earthquake activity along the normal faults
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Plate tectonics Other features, such as mid-ocean ridges and ocean trenches, form only at plate boundaries. There are three types of plate boundaries: • divergent boundaries, where plates move apart; • convergent boundaries, where plates move together; and • transform boundaries, where plates slide past each other.
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Plates, Plate Boundaries, and Driving Forces Also similar to earthquakes, different kinds of volcanoes occur along different types of plate boundaries. Most of the volcanic eruptions that make the news, such as the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption, take place near subduction zones.This type of volcano is represented by green triangles in Figure 2.late boundaries. These observations about the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes helped geologists define the processes that occur at spreading ridges and subduction zones. In addition, they helped scientists recognize that there are other types of plate boundaries.
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- The landforms that are formed at a transform boundary forms  features such as fault lines and oceanic fracture zones. Fault  lines are also known as strike slip faults. They … produce powerful  earthquakes. 10 people found this useful.
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Divergent boundary Divergent boundaries within continents initially produce rifts which eventually become rift valleys. Most active divergent plate boundaries occur between oceanic plates and exist as mid-oceanic ridges.Divergent boundaries also form volcanic islands which occur when the plates move apart to produce gaps which molten lava rises to fill.ost active divergent plate boundaries occur between oceanic plates and exist as mid-oceanic ridges. Divergent boundaries also form volcanic islands which occur when the plates move apart to produce gaps which molten lava rises to fill.
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Convergent boundary Some convergent margins have zones of active seafloor spreading behind the island arc, known as back-arc basins. When one plate is composed of oceanic lithosphere and the other is composed of continental lithosphere, the denser oceanic plate is subducted, often forming an orogenic belt and associated mountain range.This type of convergent boundary is similar to the Andes or the Cascade Range in North America.s a result of pressure, friction, and plate material melting in the mantle, earthquakes and volcanoes are common near convergent boundaries. When two plates move towards one another, they form either a subduction zone or a continental collision. This depends on the nature of the plates involved.
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Deep ocean trenches, volcanoes, island arcs, submarine mountain ranges, and fault lines are examples of features that can form along plate tectonic boundaries. While the process is volcanic, volcanoes and earthquakes along oceanic spreading ridges are not as violent as they are at convergent plate boundaries. The third type of plate boundary occurs where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. This is known as a transform plate boundary.
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- The main type of rock found at divergent plate boundaries is igneous. These rocks are formed when magma cools and becomes solid, either above or below ground. They are rich in elements including silicon, aluminium, sodium, potassium, calcium and iron, and make up about 95 per cent of the upper part of the Earth's crust.
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Landforms created at each plate boundary ? at sliding boundries faults occur at colliding boundries mountains form at spreading boundries sea floor spreading occurs. Convergent Boundary Landforms. (1) Divergent boundaries - they usually belong to the Mid-Ocean Ridge system, which looks like an enormous underwater mountain range that spans the entire globe (it looks that way, because it is). The range is entirely volcanic. but it looks like a mountain range (a very volcanic range).
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Divergent Plate Boundaries Effects that are found at a divergent boundary between oceanic plates include: a submarine mountain range such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge; volcanic activity in the form of fissure eruptions; shallow earthquake activity; creation of new seafloor and a widening ocean basin.isit the Interactive Plate Boundary Map to explore satellite images of divergent boundaries between continental plates. Two locations are marked within the rift valley of East Africa and another location is marked within the Red Sea.
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Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Landforms Transcript of Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Landforms. Lastly, transform boundaries are formed when tectonic plates slide and grind against each other. These types of boundaries are found on ocean floors along mid-ocean ridges. A very popular one is the San Andreas fault, located in California.ountains are landforms formed from tectonic plates. They are landforms that are much higher than the land around them. Also they taper at the top into a peak. A mountain range is a group or chain of mountains that are close together.
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Transform Plate Boundaries Transform Plate Boundaries are locations where two plates slide past one another. The fracture zone that forms a transform plate boundary is known as a transform fault. Most transform faults are found in the ocean basin and connect offsets in the mid-ocean ridges.A smaller number connect mid-ocean ridges and subduction zones.he fracture zone that forms a transform plate boundary is known as a transform fault. Most transform faults are found in the ocean basin and connect offsets in the mid-ocean ridges.