volcanic | | Formed by crust which have been uplifted and folded by compressional forces. |
convergent | | Plates that are moving together. |
plateau | | a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere. |
coastal | | center, near middle |
platetectonics | | The region below the lithosphere. |
subductionzone | | a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading. |
upwarped | | Generally the result of broad arching of the crust or sometimes great vertical displacement along a highangle fault. |
transformfault | | Eruption of magma from the mantle: usually between plates |
interior | | Plates that are moving apart. |
faultblock | | The crust and upper mantle of the earth. |
divergent | | A large, flat, raised area of land |
folded | | Large sections of the surface that move. |
asthenosphere | | a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults. |
plates | | along coastline |
lithosphere | | The process by which collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate's being drawn down or overridden by another. |