The boundary where the two plates meet is called a convergent boundary. Deep trenches appear at these boundaries, caused by the oceanic plate bending downward into the Earth. Deep below the Earth ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

The movement of these tectonic plates leads to earthquakes and volcanoes ... Where the movement of currents and the mantle converge, like this, plates are pushed together. This is called a ...