GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Oceanic-oceanic convergence As with oceanic-continental convergence, when two oceanic plates converge, one is usually subducted under the other, and in the process a trench is formed.

Detailed explanation-3: -When two plates come together, it is known as a convergent boundary. The impact of the colliding plates can cause the edges of one or both plates to buckle up into a mountain ranges or one of the plates may bend down into a deep seafloor trench.

Detailed explanation-4: -At convergent boundaries, tectonic plates collide with each other. The events that occur at these boundaries are linked to the types of plates-oceanic or continental-that are interacting.

Detailed explanation-5: -Divergent boundaries are where plates are moving apart. The result is either a midocean ridge (eg., Mid Atlantic Ridge) or a continental rift zone (eg., East African Rift). Normal faults form in divergent zones. Convergent boundaries are where plates are moving toward one another.