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

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 ...

Midocean ridge spreading centers (MOR on the map below) are offset by numerous transform faults. MORs are, of course, divergent plate boundaries where two plates are spreading apart and new crust is ...

The initial radiation of vascular land plants, evidenced by increases ... from the late Silurian to Early Devonian and revealed divergent life-history strategies within this group.

These plates can be oceanic, meaning they're found mainly under the ocean, or continental, and mainly found under land ... has a great example of a convergent plate boundary.