Showing posts with label Tectonic Activity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tectonic Activity. Show all posts

1/26/2024

Natural Hazards: Tectonic Activity, Continental Drift, and Crustal Displacement

  Tectonic Activity Continental Drift

Rift valley in Thingvellir National Park

Tectonic Activity Definition:

The Earth's crust is made up of continental and oceanic plates, which move across the surface of the planet, meeting at plate boundaries. Plate tectonics cause volcanic activity, mountain-building, ocean trench formation and earthquakes.