Oceanic VS. Continental: Peru-Chile Trench: deep water and Andes Mountains
Andes Mountains:
Oceanic VS. Oceanic:Marianas Trench in Pacific: very deep water
Japan Trench fissure at 6200 m.
Continental VS. Continental:Himilayas: extreme mountains
Mt. Everest:
Everest in better perspective:
3) TRANSFORM BOUNDARIESLONG FAULT LINESEXTREME EARTHQUAKESEx: San Andreas FaultSee pg. 97
San Andreas:
4) SPECIAL “HOTSPOTS”
Caused by hotspots in the aesthenosphere, volcanoes can appear even in the middle of a plate. As the plate moves slowly, one hotspot can create a chain of volcanoes. Best example is the Hawaiian island arc.