Plate Tectonics Majority of the Earths tectonic hazards occur at the boundaries of plates, At theses boundaries, tectonic plates

move at dif ferent directions at different speeds.

There are several types of plate boundary: Divergent (Move away from each other) Convergent (Move towards each other) Transform (Move past each other) Plate Boundary Type Divergent: OceanicOceanic Description -As the plates move apart, fractures are formed at the plate boundary. -Magma rises from the mantle, filling these fractures. -This magma then cools & solidifies forming a new seafloor. -The rocks nearest to the plate boundaries are thus younger than those further away. Divergent: ContinentalContinental -As the 2 continental plates diverge, they are stretched, causing fractures to form at the plate boundary. -The land in between thus sinks, forming a linear depression. Landforms Mid Oceanic ridge Explanation Examples

The New rocks formed along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, in the plate boundary are thus known as middle of the Oceanic a mid-oceanic ridge. Ocean
-N. American & Eurasian Plate

At various points along the Volcanic Islands mid-oceanic ridge, magma builds up above sea level Forming Volcanoes. This linear depression formed is thus known as a rift valley. Rift Valley
Along a rift valley, several Earthquake & Volcano fractures can also be found

Chain of Volcanic Islands in the N. Atlantic Ocean, in Azores

-N. American & Eurasian

East African rift Valley

Nubian Boundary of the African Plate & Somalian Boundary of the African Plate

Convergent: OceanicOceanic

-When the 2 plates converge & collide, the denser plate will subduct beneath the less dense oceanic plate. (subduction zone) -A depression is created in the subduction form deep oceanic trench is thus created within the zone. -The denser plate