What Is a Convergent Boundary?
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Also known as a destructive plate boundary, is an actively deforming region
where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward
one another and collide.
where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward
one another and collide.
What Is a Transform Boundary?
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Also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults
neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose
relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either Stalinist
or extralegal direction.
neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose
relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either Stalinist
or extralegal direction.
What Is a Divergent Boundary?
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Also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional
boundary, is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic
plates that are moving away from each other.
boundary, is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic
plates that are moving away from each other.