Converging (destructive) plate boundary: where two plates collide. Diverging (constructive) plate boundary: where two plates move away from each other. Transform plate boundary: where two plates move, or grind, past each other. Like the boundary in California.
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- Continental - Continental Collision
- Oceanic - Oceanic subduction
- Oceanic - Continental subduction
Oceanic-Oceanic, Oceanic-Continental, and Continental-Continental are all sub types of convergent plate boundaries.
The three types of plate boundaries are divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries. Divergent boundaries have normal faults, convergent boundaries have thrust faults, and transform boundaries have strike-slip faults.
The three main types of plate boundaries are convergent boundaries, where plates move toward each other, divergent boundaries, where plates move away from each other, and transform boundaries, where plates slide past each other horizontally.
The three types of faults are normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults. Normal faults are associated with divergent plate boundaries, reverse faults with convergent plate boundaries, and strike-slip faults with transform plate boundaries.
The three main types of plate boundaries are divergent boundaries (plates move apart), convergent boundaries (plates move toward each other), and transform boundaries (plates slide past each other horizontally). At divergent boundaries, new crust is formed as magma rises to the surface, while at convergent boundaries, crust is destroyed as one plate is subducted beneath another. Transform boundaries are characterized by earthquakes as the plates grind past each other.