But none of these plate boundaries are static ... The transition from crustal compression and strike-slip faulting to subduction, as studied by Wannamaker and colleagues in the Marlborough ...

When the plate sinks into the mantle it melts to form magma. The pressure of the magma builds up beneath the Earth's surface. The magma escapes through weaknesses in the rock and rises up through ...

Where convection currents push plates together, destructive plate boundaries (margins) are formed. Constructive plate margins close constructive plate marginAn area where two tectonic plates are ...

Earth's continents are slowly moving across the planet's surface due to plate tectonics, culminating in regions of crustal expansion ... collide at each of these boundaries. To do so, Dr.