The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for ... The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where ...

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated in this feature. Keep an eye on the map to see where in the world the activity takes place. Also known as spreading boundary, a divergent ...

A major example of this plate movement is along the coastline of South America (at the Nazca and South American plate boundary). Fold Mountains, such as the Andes, are also found at destructive ...