1) Label on Fig. 1 the following ocean floor structures. Use the table to describe the primarytectonic process (e.g., continent-continent convergent boundary) that forms each feature andspecify what types of earthquakes you would expect there (e.g., shallow, intermediate, deep).a) The Mid-Atlantic Ridgeb) The Himalayan MountainsCopigneThe Veira Corpat, Inc man aqud kur pruckcan or duphsNon Arercan Piate60N-Eurasian PlateJuan de FucaPlateCerbbeenPlalee-PhilioorePlateAlrican PlateIndianPlatePacitic PlateCocosPlate205NezaPlateEsat /AfricanAustralienPlateAuetralianPlateSouth AmericanPlate60'SAntaratic PlateSootia Paleno150E180150'W120W30W120'EConvergant boundary eth (triangies) are positioned on the adga atThe overiding plate and point in the drection of rakative motion afa subducting platea as it plunges beneath the overrkding plate.Major transtorm boundaryDivergent boundery(Fig. 1)CopyrighOThe MeGrw-I Companien, ne. Permission regired kor eproduction or deplinTable 3.4 Types and Characteristies of Plate BoundariesТуреs ofLithospherePlateGeologieGeologicGeologioBoundaryProcessFeatureEarthquakesVolcanismExamplesDivergent(тove apart)Ocean-OceanMid-Atlantic Ridge,New sea floor created, Mid-oxean ridgeocean basin opensYes, shallowYesEast Pacific RiseContinent-Continent Continent breaksContinental rift,Yes, shallowYesEast African Rift, Redshallow seaSea, Gulf of Aden,apart, new oceanbasin formsGulf of CalifomiaAleutian, Mariana, andTonga Trenches(Pacific Ocean)Peru-Chile and Middle-America Trenches(Eastern PacificOcean)Himalaya Mountains,AlpsConvergent(movetogether)Ocean OceanOld sea floor destroyed Ocean trenchYes, shallow toYesby subductiondeepOld sea floor destroyed Ocean trenchhy subductionOcean-ContinentYes, shallow toYesdeepYes, shallow tointermediateContinent-Continent Mountain buildingMountain rangeNoSea floor conserved(neither ereated nordestroyed)Sca floor conserved(neither created nordestroyed)Transform fault(offsets segmentsof ridge crest)Transform faultTransformОссаnYes, shallowNoMendocino andClipperton (EasternPucific Ocean)San Andreas Fault,Alpine Fuult (NewZealand). North andEast Anatolian Faults(Turkey)(slide pastcach other)ContinentYes, shallowNo(offsets segmentsof ridge crest)

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1) Label on Fig. 1 the following ocean floor structures. Use the table to describe the primary
tectonic process (e.g., continent-continent convergent boundary) that forms each feature and
specify what types of earthquakes you would expect there (e.g., shallow, intermediate, deep).
a) The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
b) The Himalayan Mountains
CopigneThe Veira Corpat, Inc man aqud kur pruckcan or duphs
Non Arercan Piate
60N-
Eurasian Plate
Juan de Fuca
Plate
Cerbbeen
Plale
e
-Philioore
Plate
Alrican Plate
Indian
Plate
Pacitic Plate
Cocos
Plate
205
Neza
Plate
Esat /
African
Australien
Plate
Auetralian
Plate
South American
Plate
60'S
Antaratic Plate
Sootia Pale
no
150E
180
150'W
120W
30W
120'E
Convergant boundary eth (triangies) are positioned on the adga at
The overiding plate and point in the drection of rakative motion af
a subducting platea as it plunges beneath the overrkding plate.
Major transtorm boundary
Divergent boundery
(Fig. 1)
CopyrighOThe MeGrw-I Companien, ne. Permission regired kor eproduction or deplin
Table 3.4 Types and Characteristies of Plate Boundaries
Туреs of
Lithosphere
Plate
Geologie
Geologic
Geologio
Boundary
Process
Feature
Earthquakes
Volcanism
Examples
Divergent
(тove apart)
Ocean-Ocean
Mid-Atlantic Ridge,
New sea floor created, Mid-oxean ridge
ocean basin opens
Yes, shallow
Yes
East Pacific Rise
Continent-Continent Continent breaks
Continental rift,
Yes, shallow
Yes
East African Rift, Red
shallow sea
Sea, Gulf of Aden,
apart, new ocean
basin forms
Gulf of Califomia
Aleutian, Mariana, and
Tonga Trenches
(Pacific Ocean)
Peru-Chile and Middle-
America Trenches
(Eastern Pacific
Ocean)
Himalaya Mountains,
Alps
Convergent
(move
together)
Ocean Ocean
Old sea floor destroyed Ocean trench
Yes, shallow to
Yes
by subduction
deep
Old sea floor destroyed Ocean trench
hy subduction
Ocean-Continent
Yes, shallow to
Yes
deep
Yes, shallow to
intermediate
Continent-Continent Mountain building
Mountain range
No
Sea floor conserved
(neither ereated nor
destroyed)
Sca floor conserved
(neither created nor
destroyed)
Transform fault
(offsets segments
of ridge crest)
Transform fault
Transform
Оссаn
Yes, shallow
No
Mendocino and
Clipperton (Eastern
Pucific Ocean)
San Andreas Fault,
Alpine Fuult (New
Zealand). North and
East Anatolian Faults
(Turkey)
(slide past
cach other)
Continent
Yes, shallow
No
(offsets segments
of ridge crest)

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The crust and upper part of the mantle together float on the ductile asthenosphere. This mechanical layer of the earth is known as the lithosphere. It is divided into various pieces, which are called tectonic plates. These plates are not stagnant and rather have relative velocities with respect to each other.