They represent the least well-studied of the three major plate boundaries, which include divergent boundaries, like East Africa, where plates move apart forming new crust; and convergent ...

Normal faults are typically found at divergent plate boundaries, such as mid-ocean ridges or continental rift zones. Reverse faults, in contrast, form in regions where the crust is being compressed.

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of ...

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