The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for ... The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where ...

Whatever drives the movement, plate tectonic activity takes place at four types of boundaries: divergent boundaries, where new crust is formed; convergent boundaries, where crust is consumed ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

We investigate the different plate boundaries at which volcanic eruptions occur as well as ‘hot spots’, such as the Hawaii. Through the study of three different case studies, students will see ...

A boundary where the plates slide past one another without moving towards or away from each other. If the plates move a significant distance very suddenly, this causes an earthquake. There are no ...