conservative plate boundary

Constructive plate boundaries cause mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes and



2.5 Conservative plate boundaries and transform faults - Plate Tectonics



Figure 3: A mid ocean ridge, which is a constructive plate boundary.



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DESTRUCTIVE PLATE MARGIN



2.5 Conservative plate boundaries and transform faults



At a compressional plate boundary the plates are moving together.



Example: Indian and Eurasian Plate - formed the HIMALAYAS



Divergent boundaries are responsible in part for driving the motion of the



Plate Tectonics - Plate Tectonics



The point where two or more plates meet is known as a plate boundary.



Types of plate boundaries



The third type of plate boundary is called a conservative or transform



at a destructive plate boundary where one plate plunges below another.



At such a margin, the lower plate is not consumed but, together with the



convergent, divergent and conservative.



Map depicting various plate boundaries of the world



Earthquakes are found at all four of the major plate boundaries



Tectonically plate margins are most important because all tectonic



conservative plate boundaries passive plate boundary