Plate Boundaries
What is a Divergent Boundary?
Where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.
Reverse faults have the same structure as a normal fault, BUT...
They move in the opposite direction.
What are the three types of Convergent Boundaries?
1. Ocean to continent
2. Ocean to ocean
3. Continent to Continent
What are normal faults associated with?
Divergent Plate Boundaries.
The San Andreas Fault Line is an example of...
A Transform Boundary
What are Strike-Slip faults created by?
Shearing along Transform Boundaries.
What geologic event happens at Transform Boundaries?
Earthquakes.
What is a Fault?
A break in Earth's crust where slabs of crust slip past each other.
What geologic features form at Convergent Boundaries?
Mountains, Volcanoes, and Trenches.
What is a Footwall Block?
The rock material that lies below the fault plane.