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Tectonics 2
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AS level Geography Mind Map on Tectonics 2, created by Dana Davies on 08/04/2017.
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tectonics
plate tectonics
plate margins
destructive margin
constructive margin
conservative margin
oregeny
continental crust
oceanic crust
geography
as level
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Dana Davies
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Tectonics 2
Constructive margins
lithosphere spreads apart
magma escapes + makes new crust material
e.g Mid Atlantic Ridge
Iceland; Surtsey, Heimey formed along it
1,000km wide with central rift valley
shallow focus earthquakes and volcanic activity
Destructive margins
oceanic continental
e.g The Andes
denser oceanic is subducted beneath lighter continental
creates ocean trenches, batholiths, volcanic mountain chains
shallow-intermediate focus earthquakes
e.g Chile 2010
Subduction of Nazca under South American
oceanic oceanic
two oceanic plates converge
makes volcanic island arcs + ocean trenches + earthquakes
e.g Ryukyu Islands
The Phillipines plate and the Eurasian
Volcanic activity led to formation
subduction leads to melting (Benioff Zone)
continental continental
continental crust doesn't subduct
creates fold mountains (oregeny)
not much earthquake and no volcanic activity
intense folding, faulting + uplifting
e.g Himalayas
Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian
Mount Everest
Conservative margins
Plates slide laterally against eachother
friction creates shallow focus earthquakes, no volcanic activity
e.g San Andreas Fault
Pacific Plate (faster) than North American
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