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What are some phenomena that occur at plate boundaries?
Deep ocean trenches, volcanoes, island arcs, submarine mountain ranges, and fault lines are examples of features that can form along plate tectonic boundaries. Volcanoes are one kind of feature that forms along convergent plate boundaries, where two tectonic plates collide and one moves beneath the other.
What type of geological phenomenon is formed at a continental divergent boundary?
Rift Valleys When divergent boundaries occur in continental plates, a different geological feature, called a rift valley, is formed. These depressions slowly fill with water, forming lakes, as their level drops. Ultimately, they will form the floor of a new ocean.
Which phenomena can occur at convergent boundaries?
A convergent plate boundary is a location where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other, often causing one plate to slide below the other (in a process known as subduction). The collision of tectonic plates can result in earthquakes, volcanoes, the formation of mountains, and other geological events.
What is the process of phenomena of the African plate?
The African Plate is rifting in the eastern interior of the African continent along the East African Rift. This is drawing it closer to the Eurasian Plate, causing subduction where oceanic crust is converging with continental crust (e.g. portions of the central and eastern Mediterranean).
What is the type of plate boundary that occurs between the African Plate and the Arabian plate?
The Arabian Plate is rifting away from the African plate along an active divergent ridge system, to form the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
How do earthquakes occur at divergent plate boundaries?
Earthquakes at divergent plate boundaries are distributed with predictable locations and depths. Earthquakes at divergent plate boundaries occur as new crust is created and other crust is pushed apart. This causes the crust to crack and form faults where earthquakes occur.