Thursday, March 3, 2011

Types of Plate Boundaries

Plate Boundaries occur where two Lithospheric Plates meet.  The theory that describes the movement of these plates is known as Plate Tectonics.  These boundaries are called Diverging, Converging, and Sliding boundaries.
When  two plates can be moving away from each it is called a Divergent BoundaryWhen two plates move toward each other it is called Convergent Boundaries.

Oceanic Divergent Boundaries
 






Continental Divergent Boundaries








Convergent Boundaries, oceanic/continental 
 




















Convergent Boundaries, Oceanic/Oceanic















Convergent Boundaries, Continental/Continental