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ARTICLES RELATED TO Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries | | | |  Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundariesThere are three types of plate boundaries, characterised by the way the plates move relative to each other. They are associated with different types of surface phenomena. The different types of plate boundaries are:
Transform boundaries occur where plates slide, or perhaps more accurately grind, past each other along transform faults. The relative motion of the two plates is either sinistral (left side toward the obsever) or dextral (right side toward the obsever).
Divergent boundaries occur where two plat ...
See also:Plate tectonics, Plate tectonics - Key principles, Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries, Plate tectonics - Transform conservative boundaries, Plate tectonics - Divergent constructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Convergent destructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion, Plate tectonics - Friction, Plate tectonics - Gravity, Plate tectonics - Major plates, Plate tectonics - History and impact, Plate tectonics - Continental drift, Plate tectonics - Floating continents, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonic theory, Plate tectonics - Geological paradigm shift, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Other Planets, Plate tectonics - Metaphoric uses Read more here: » Plate tectonics: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries |
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| | | | Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries There are three types of plate boundaries, characterised by the way the plates move relative to each other. They are associated with different types of surface phenomena. The different types of plate boundaries are:
Transform boundaries occur where plates slide, or perhaps more accurately grind, past each other along transform faults. The relative motion of the two plates is either sinistral or dextral.
Divergent boundaries occur where two plates slide apart from each other.
Convergent boundari ...
See also:Plate tectonics, Plate tectonics - Key principles, Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries, Plate tectonics - Transform conservative boundaries, Plate tectonics - Divergent constructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Convergent destructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion, Plate tectonics - Friction, Plate tectonics - Gravity, Plate tectonics - Major plates, Plate tectonics - History and impact, Plate tectonics - Continental drift, Plate tectonics - Floating continents, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonic theory, Plate tectonics - Geological paradigm shift, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Mars, Plate tectonics - Metaphoric uses Read more here: » Plate tectonics: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries |
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Plate tectonics - Continental drift.
For more details on this topic, see Continental drift.
Continental drift was one of many ideas about tectonics proposed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The theory has been superseded by and the concepts and data have been incorporated within plate tectonics.
By 1915 Alfred Wegener was making serious arguments for the idea with the first edition of The Origin of Continents and Oceans. In that book he noted how the east ...
See also:Plate tectonics, Plate tectonics - Key principles, Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries, Plate tectonics - Transform conservative boundaries, Plate tectonics - Divergent constructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Convergent destructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion, Plate tectonics - Friction, Plate tectonics - Gravity, Plate tectonics - Major plates, Plate tectonics - History and impact, Plate tectonics - Continental drift, Plate tectonics - Floating continents, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonic theory, Plate tectonics - Geological paradigm shift, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Mars, Plate tectonics - Metaphoric uses Read more here: » Plate tectonics: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - History and impact |
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Plate tectonics - Continental drift.
For more details on this topic, see Continental drift.
Continental drift was one of many ideas about tectonics proposed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The theory has been superseded by and the concepts and data have been incorporated within plate tectonics.
By 1915 Alfred Wegener was making serious arguments for the idea with the first edition of The Origin of Continents and Oceans. In that book he noted how the east ...
See also:Plate tectonics, Plate tectonics - Key principles, Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries, Plate tectonics - Transform conservative boundaries, Plate tectonics - Divergent constructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Convergent destructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion, Plate tectonics - Friction, Plate tectonics - Gravity, Plate tectonics - Major plates, Plate tectonics - History and impact, Plate tectonics - Continental drift, Plate tectonics - Floating continents, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonic theory, Plate tectonics - Geological paradigm shift, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Other Planets, Plate tectonics - Metaphoric uses Read more here: » Plate tectonics: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - History and impact |
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| | | | Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Other Planets As a result of 1999 observations of the magnetic fields on Mars by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, it has been proposed that the mechanisms of plate tectonics may once have been active on the planet - see Geology of Mars.
Venus
Otherwise considered to be a "twin" of the Earth, Venus shows no evidence of plate tectonics - see Geology of Venus.
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See also:Plate tectonics, Plate tectonics - Key principles, Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries, Plate tectonics - Transform conservative boundaries, Plate tectonics - Divergent constructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Convergent destructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion, Plate tectonics - Friction, Plate tectonics - Gravity, Plate tectonics - Major plates, Plate tectonics - History and impact, Plate tectonics - Continental drift, Plate tectonics - Floating continents, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonic theory, Plate tectonics - Geological paradigm shift, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Other Planets, Plate tectonics - Metaphoric uses Read more here: » Plate tectonics: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Other Planets |
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| | | | Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Major plates The main plates are
African Plate, covering Africa
Antarctic Plate, covering Antarctica
Australian Plate, covering Australia (fused with Indian Plate between 50 and 55 million years ago)
Eurasian Plate covering Eurasia
North American Plate covering North America and north-east Siberia
South American Plate covering South America
Pacific Plate, covering the Pacific Ocean
Notable minor plates ...
See also:Plate tectonics, Plate tectonics - Key principles, Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries, Plate tectonics - Transform conservative boundaries, Plate tectonics - Divergent constructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Convergent destructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion, Plate tectonics - Friction, Plate tectonics - Gravity, Plate tectonics - Major plates, Plate tectonics - History and impact, Plate tectonics - Continental drift, Plate tectonics - Floating continents, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonic theory, Plate tectonics - Geological paradigm shift, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Other Planets, Plate tectonics - Metaphoric uses Read more here: » Plate tectonics: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Major plates |
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| | | | Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion As noted above, the plates are able to move because of the relative weakness of the asthenosphere. Dissipation of heat from the mantle is acknowledged to be the source of energy driving plate tectonics. Somehow, this energy must be converted into force in order for the plates to move. There are essentially two forces that could be driving plate motion: friction and gravity. These are further subdivided below.
Plate tectonics - Friction.
Mantle drag
Convection currents in the mantle are ...
See also:Plate tectonics, Plate tectonics - Key principles, Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries, Plate tectonics - Transform conservative boundaries, Plate tectonics - Divergent constructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Convergent destructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion, Plate tectonics - Friction, Plate tectonics - Gravity, Plate tectonics - Major plates, Plate tectonics - History and impact, Plate tectonics - Continental drift, Plate tectonics - Floating continents, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonic theory, Plate tectonics - Geological paradigm shift, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Other Planets, Plate tectonics - Metaphoric uses Read more here: » Plate tectonics: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion |
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| | | | Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Key principles The division of the Earth's interior into lithospheric and asthenospheric components is based on their mechanical differences. The lithosphere is cooler and more rigid, whilst the asthenosphere is hotter and mechanically weaker. This division should not be confused with the chemical subdivision of the Earth into (from innermost to outermost) core, mantle, and crust. The key principle of plate tectonics is that the lithosphere exists as separate and distinct tectonic plates, which "float" on the fluid-like asthenosphere. The relative fluidity of the asthenosphere allows the tectonic ...
See also:Plate tectonics, Plate tectonics - Key principles, Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries, Plate tectonics - Transform conservative boundaries, Plate tectonics - Divergent constructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Convergent destructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion, Plate tectonics - Friction, Plate tectonics - Gravity, Plate tectonics - Major plates, Plate tectonics - History and impact, Plate tectonics - Continental drift, Plate tectonics - Floating continents, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonic theory, Plate tectonics - Geological paradigm shift, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Other Planets, Plate tectonics - Metaphoric uses Read more here: » Plate tectonics: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Key principles |
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| | | | Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion As noted above, the plates are able to move because of the relative weakness of the asthenosphere. Dissipation of heat from the mantle is acknowledged to be the source of energy driving plate tectonics. Somehow, this energy must be converted into force in order for the plates to move. There are essentially two forces that could be driving plate motion: friction and gravity. These are further subdivided below.
Plate tectonics - Friction.
Mantle drag
Convection currents in the mantle are ...
See also:Plate tectonics, Plate tectonics - Key principles, Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries, Plate tectonics - Transform conservative boundaries, Plate tectonics - Divergent constructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Convergent destructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion, Plate tectonics - Friction, Plate tectonics - Gravity, Plate tectonics - Major plates, Plate tectonics - History and impact, Plate tectonics - Continental drift, Plate tectonics - Floating continents, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonic theory, Plate tectonics - Geological paradigm shift, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Mars, Plate tectonics - Metaphoric uses Read more here: » Plate tectonics: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion |
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| | | | Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Major plates The main plates are
African Plate, covering Africa
Antarctic Plate, covering Antarctica
Australian Plate, covering Australia
Eurasian Plate covering Eurasia
North American Plate covering North America and north-east Siberia
South American Plate covering South America
Pacific Plate, covering the Pacific Ocean
Notable minor plates ...
See also:Plate tectonics, Plate tectonics - Key principles, Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries, Plate tectonics - Transform conservative boundaries, Plate tectonics - Divergent constructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Convergent destructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion, Plate tectonics - Friction, Plate tectonics - Gravity, Plate tectonics - Major plates, Plate tectonics - History and impact, Plate tectonics - Continental drift, Plate tectonics - Floating continents, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonic theory, Plate tectonics - Geological paradigm shift, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Mars, Plate tectonics - Metaphoric uses Read more here: » Plate tectonics: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Major plates |
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| | | | Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Key principles The division of the Earth's interior into lithospheric and asthenospheric components is based on their mechanical differences. The lithosphere is cooler and more rigid, whilst the asthenosphere is hotter and mechanically weaker. This division should not be confused with the chemical subdivision of the Earth into (from innermost to outermost) core, mantle, and crust. The key principle of plate tectonics is that the lithosphere exists as separate and distinct tectonic plates, which "float" on the fluid-like asthenosphere. The relative fluidity of the asthenosphere allows the tectonic ...
See also:Plate tectonics, Plate tectonics - Key principles, Plate tectonics - Types of plate boundaries, Plate tectonics - Transform conservative boundaries, Plate tectonics - Divergent constructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Convergent destructive boundaries, Plate tectonics - Sources of plate motion, Plate tectonics - Friction, Plate tectonics - Gravity, Plate tectonics - Major plates, Plate tectonics - History and impact, Plate tectonics - Continental drift, Plate tectonics - Floating continents, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonic theory, Plate tectonics - Geological paradigm shift, Plate tectonics - Plate tectonics on Mars, Plate tectonics - Metaphoric uses Read more here: » Plate tectonics: Encyclopedia II - Plate tectonics - Key principles |
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