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| A long, narrow fissure in the Earth marking a zone of the lithosphere that has become thinner due to extensional forces associated with plate tectonics. |
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| Convergent plate boundery[image] |
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| In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary also known as a destructive plate boundary (because of subduction), is an actively deforming... |
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| Divergent plat boundary[image] |
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| In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary (also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary)... |
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| A fracture in a rock formation along which there has been movement of the blocks of rock on either side of the plane of fracture. |
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| to break apart of the earth |
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| A long, narrow valley lying between two normal geologic faults |
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| The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate. |
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| transform plate boundaries[image] |
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| A transform fault or transform boundary, also known as conservative plate boundary |
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| A fault line that extends for about 600 miles (965 km) through the length of coastal California. |
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