EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
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Question
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two tectonic plates sliding past each other
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tectonic plates melting as they slide into the mantle
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tectonic plates being weathered over time
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two tectonic plates pulling away from each other.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The earthquakes experienced in California are related to tectonic plates because these catastrophic events are the result of-two tectonic plates sliding past each other.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tectonic Plate Boundaries The Pacific Plate (on the west) slides horizontally northwestward relative to the North American Plate (on the east), causing earthquakes along the San Andreas and associated faults.
Detailed explanation-3: -what are tectonic plates? Tectonic plates are gigantic pieces of the Earth’s crust and uppermost mantle. They are made up of oceanic crust and continental crust. Earthquakes occur around mid-ocean ridges and the large faults which mark the edges of the plates.
Detailed explanation-4: -About 80% of earthquakes occur where plates are pushed together, called convergent boundaries. Another form of convergent boundary is a collision where two continental plates meet head-on. Since neither plate is stronger than the other, they crumple and are pushed up.