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Features: Deep Ocean Trenches and island arcs such as of Japan Aleutian Islands (of Alaska)

Page 11. Features: Deep Ocean Trenches and island arcs such as of Japan Aleutian Islands (of Alaska). 2. Oceanic-Oceanic - __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Page 11. Deep powerful earthquakes, subduction.

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Features: Deep Ocean Trenches and island arcs such as of Japan Aleutian Islands (of Alaska)

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  1. Page 11 Features: Deep Ocean Trenches and island arcs such as of Japan Aleutian Islands (of Alaska) 2. Oceanic-Oceanic - __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  2. Page 11 Deep powerful earthquakes, subduction 2. Oceanic-Oceanic - ____________________________________________________________________________

  3. Page 11 We are going to fly over Alaska and the Aleutian Islands What features should we be looking for? Aleutian Islands

  4. Unimak Island Page 11

  5. Unimak Island Page 11

  6. Page 11 Put with convergent plate boundary or volcanoes trench

  7. Convergent Boundary (Ocean-ocean) Page 11 Strong, deep earthquakes Trench, volcanic island arcs _____________________ - - Features:

  8. Page 11 Subduction and Earthquake Depth BLUE= shallow YELLOW= moderate RED= deep

  9. Page 11 Continental crust colliding with continental crust What features do we expect to find here?

  10. Page 11 Convergent Boundary (Continental-continental) Strong, deep quakes Folded Mountains __________________ - - Features:

  11. Page 11 Convergent Boundary (Continental-continental) Strong, deep quakes Folded Mountains __________________ - - Features:

  12. Page 11 We’re off to Southeastern Asia, one of the best places to observe this type of plate boundary! China India Nepal

  13. Page 11 India colliding with Asia forming the Himalaya Mountains 3. Continental- Continental

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  15. Himalayas Page 11 India China

  16. Mount Everest, Nepal 29,035 feet tall! (8850 meters) Page 11

  17. Page 11 Transform Boundary (Strike-slip fault) Moderate, shallow quakes ________________ -

  18. Page 11 San Andreas Fault c. Transform Plate Boundaries- _____________________________________

  19. Page 11 The most famous and most active transform fault The San Andreas Fault in California

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  21. Page 11 Where two plates are moving apart Mid Atlantic Ridge • Divergent Plate Boundaries- __________________________________ 1. Ocean (example)- _________________

  22. Divergent Plate Boundaries Page 11 Usually minor quakes, shallow depth Mid- ocean ridges, volcanoes, & rift valleys ___________________ - - Features:

  23. Page 11 Earthquake Depth and Plate Tectonic Setting, Selfos, Iceland (June 2000)

  24. Page 12 Plate Boundaries Data Table ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

  25. Note Packet pages 12-13 questions 1-13 • 1 • C • They move the lithospheric plates • 35°N, 18°W • Divergent • Located on a hot spot • A • C • D • A • D • D • C

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