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Continental Rifting
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| Process that pulls a continent apart,usually in responseto tension stress |
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convergent plate boundary
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| boundary formed where two lithospheric plates are moving toward each other |
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Divergent plate boundary
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| Boundary formed where two lithospheric plates are moving apart |
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| a fracture along which rocks on one side have moved relative to rocks on the other side |
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| mountain slopes but mainly plain land |
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| Process by which one lithospheric plate is forced beneath another lithospheric plate , usually along a convergent plate boundary |
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Transform plate boundary
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| Boundary formed where two lithospheric plates scrape sideways past each other |
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San Andreas Fault
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| fault zone that forms a transform plate boundary between the pacific plate and the north amercian plate |
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| a long narrow valley that forms as blocks of rock slip down mainly along normal faults |
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