The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for ... The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where ...

Whatever drives the movement, plate tectonic activity takes place at four types of boundaries: divergent boundaries, where new crust is formed; convergent boundaries, where crust is consumed ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

When the plate sinks into the mantle it melts to form magma. The pressure of the magma builds up beneath the Earth's surface. The magma escapes through weaknesses in the rock and rises up through ...

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated in this feature. Keep an eye on the map to see where in the world the activity takes place. Also known as spreading boundary, a divergent ...

is forced underneath the continental plate. The force of this collision is so great that mountains are created. Earthquakes are very common at this type of boundary as the mountains are pushed ...