Conservative / Sliding: When two plates slide past one another, they can stick and pressure builds up until this is eventually released as an earthquake., , Associated with earthquakes only, San Andreas Fault, San Fransisco, Constructive / Divergent: When two plates move away from each other, new land is created, normally by volcanoes, , Associated with volcanic eruptions and minor earthquakes, North American and Eurasian Plate, Iceland, Convergent / Destructive: Where a thicker continental (land) plate meets a thinner oceanic (under the sea) plate and the oceanic plate is pushed under the continental plate, , Associated with strong earthquakes and violent eruptions, North American and Pacific Plates, Mt St Helens,

Types of Plate Boundaries

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