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Divergent
plates move
away
from each other
Divergent
forms:
mid-ocean ridges
Mid-Atlantic
Ridge
divergent
Carlsberg
Ridge
divergent
Pacific-Antartic
Ridge
Divergent
East Pacific Rise
mid-ocean ridge
;
divergent
convergent
plates move
toward
each other
convergent
plates move
toward
each other
oceanic-oceanic
(convergent)
one of the two oceanic plates is subducted into the
mantle
,
magma rises
oceanic-oceanic
(
convergent
)
forms:
volcanoes
,
trenches
Mount ----
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
---- Volcano
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Mariana Trench
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
-----
Trench
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Eyjafjallajökull (
E15
),
Iceland
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Mauna
Loa
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Pico do Fogo
oceanic-oceanic; convergent
Pacaya
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Villarica
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Shishaldin
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Stromboli
oceanic-oceanic; convergent
Cotopaxi
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Sierra Negra
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Cerro Azul
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Wolf
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Alcedo
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Darwin
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Ecuador
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Krakatoa
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Agung
oceanic-oceanic
;
convergent
Poas
oceanic-oceanic;
convergent
oceanic-continental
(convergent)
the oceanic plate is subducted into the
mantle
,
magma rises
oceanic-continental
(
convergent
)
forms:
mountain ranges
usually containing
volcanoes
Andes
oceanic-continental
;
convergent
Himalayas
oceanic-continental
;
convergent
Cascade Range / Cascades
oceanic-continental
;
convergent
--- mountains
oceanic-continental
;
convergent
---- range
oceanic-continental
;
convergent
---- highlands
oceanic-continental
;
convergent
Sierra
Madre Occidental
oceanic-continental
;
convergent
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