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Page 11. Features: Deep Ocean Trenches and island arcs such as of Japan Aleutian Islands (of Alaska). 2. Oceanic-Oceanic - __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Page 11. Deep powerful earthquakes, subduction.
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Page 11 Features: Deep Ocean Trenches and island arcs such as of Japan Aleutian Islands (of Alaska) 2. Oceanic-Oceanic - __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Page 11 Deep powerful earthquakes, subduction 2. Oceanic-Oceanic - ____________________________________________________________________________
Page 11 We are going to fly over Alaska and the Aleutian Islands What features should we be looking for? Aleutian Islands
Unimak Island Page 11
Unimak Island Page 11
Page 11 Put with convergent plate boundary or volcanoes trench
Convergent Boundary (Ocean-ocean) Page 11 Strong, deep earthquakes Trench, volcanic island arcs _____________________ - - Features:
Page 11 Subduction and Earthquake Depth BLUE= shallow YELLOW= moderate RED= deep
Page 11 Continental crust colliding with continental crust What features do we expect to find here?
Page 11 Convergent Boundary (Continental-continental) Strong, deep quakes Folded Mountains __________________ - - Features:
Page 11 Convergent Boundary (Continental-continental) Strong, deep quakes Folded Mountains __________________ - - Features:
Page 11 We’re off to Southeastern Asia, one of the best places to observe this type of plate boundary! China India Nepal
Page 11 India colliding with Asia forming the Himalaya Mountains 3. Continental- Continental
Himalayas Page 11 India China
Mount Everest, Nepal 29,035 feet tall! (8850 meters) Page 11
Page 11 Transform Boundary (Strike-slip fault) Moderate, shallow quakes ________________ -
Page 11 San Andreas Fault c. Transform Plate Boundaries- _____________________________________
Page 11 The most famous and most active transform fault The San Andreas Fault in California
Page 11 Where two plates are moving apart Mid Atlantic Ridge • Divergent Plate Boundaries- __________________________________ 1. Ocean (example)- _________________
Divergent Plate Boundaries Page 11 Usually minor quakes, shallow depth Mid- ocean ridges, volcanoes, & rift valleys ___________________ - - Features:
Page 11 Earthquake Depth and Plate Tectonic Setting, Selfos, Iceland (June 2000)
Page 12 Plate Boundaries Data Table ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Note Packet pages 12-13 questions 1-13 • 1 • C • They move the lithospheric plates • 35°N, 18°W • Divergent • Located on a hot spot • A • C • D • A • D • D • C