What are conservative margins?

What are conservative margins?

A conservative plate boundary, sometimes called a transform plate margin, occurs where plates slide past each other in opposite directions, or in the same direction but at different speeds. Friction is eventually overcome and the plates slip past in a sudden movement.

What is a collision margin?

If two continental plates collide, neither can sink and so the land buckles upwards to form fold mountains. This is called a collision margin. Earthquakes can occur at collision margins.

What is an example of a conservative margin?

A good example of a conservative plate margin is the San Andreas Fault in California, the USA where the Pacific and the North American plates are sliding past each other. Here, the Pacific plate and the North American plate are moving in the same direction but at different speeds.

What are the different types of plate margins?

There are three main types of plate boundaries:

• Convergent boundaries: where two plates are colliding. Subduction zones occur when one or both of the tectonic plates are composed of oceanic crust.
• Divergent boundaries – where two plates are moving apart.
• Transform boundaries – where plates slide passed each other.

What is a collision boundary?

The plates move towards one another and this movement can cause earthquakes and volcanoes. If two continental plates collide, neither can sink and so the land buckles upwards to form fold mountains. This is called a collision boundary . Earthquakes can occur at collision boundaries.

Do collision plate boundaries cause volcanoes?

Sometimes, the plates collide with one another or move apart. Volcanoes are most common in these geologically active boundaries. The two types of plate boundaries that are most likely to produce volcanic activity are divergent plate boundaries and convergent plate boundaries.

What is the difference between constructive destructive and conservative plate margins?

A constructive plate boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other. Find out more about constructive plate margins. A destructive plate boundary occurs when an oceanic plate is forced under (or subducts) a continental plate.

What is the difference between collision and destructive plate boundaries?

A convergent plate boundary also known as a destructive plate boundary , usually involves an oceanic plate and a continental plate. If two continental plates collide, neither can sink and so the land buckles upwards to form fold mountains. This is called a collision boundary .

How does a collision zone differ from a destructive plate boundary?

Collision zones differ from destructive plate boundaries due to the types of crust found in each. Collision zones have two continental plates, whereas destructive boundaries have one continental and one oceanic. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a good example of a constructive plate boundary.

What type of plate is older?

The rocks and geological layers are much older on continental plates than in the oceanic plates. The Continental plates are much less dense than the Oceanic plates.

What is collision plate boundary?

What happens at a conservative plate margin?

At conservative margins, plates slide past each other, so that the relative movement is horizontal, and classified as either sinistral (to the left) or dextral (to the right).