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THE EAR TH S CRUST
MAJOR PLATES OF THE EARTH’S CRUST Hellenic plate Eurasian plate
North American
plate
Pacific plate
Plates sliding
past each
other
Philippine plate
Cocos plate
Caribbean plate
Plates converging
Nazca plate
South American plate African plate Indo-Australian plate
Plates moving apart
MOVEMENT OF LAND ALONG OCEANIC RIDGES
Land moves apart
at a constant rate,
perpendicular
to ridge
Boundary along
which two plates
slide past each
other
Mountain range
uplifted where subducting STRAIGHT OCEANIC RIDGE
oceanic crust compresses
and deforms edge of Land moves apart
continental crust at a constant rate,
perpendicular
to curve
CURVED OCEANIC RIDGE
Staggered parallel
ridge sections take
shape of curve
Transform
Lithosphere fault
(crust and
topmost layer
of mantle)
Asthenosphere
(upper part
STRESSES RESOLVE INTO SECTIONS
of mantle)
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