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 ...

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated in this feature. Keep an eye on the map to see where in the world the activity takes place. Also known as spreading boundary, a divergent ...

At divergent boundaries ... Wannamaker and colleagues use electrical resistivity data to investigate a plate boundary in New Zealand where a subduction zone beneath the North Island is lengthening ...

It has vast water oceans and abundant life. But Earth is also unique because it is the only planet with plate tectonics, which shaped its geology, climate and possibly influenced the evolution of ...

Geodynamics Modeling; Large Igneous Provinces and Global Climate Perturbations; Tectonics and Magmatism at Large Igneous Provinces and Divergent Plate Boundaries I have intrinsic motivation in ...

This is called a constructive or divergent plate boundary. These are usually found under oceans. As the plate moves apart, magma rises to the surface and cools, forming shallow-sided volcanoes.