The Types of Tectonic Plate Boundaries Explained in 99 Seconds

On Earth, there are three main types of tectonic plate boundaries which each form a wide array of landforms. This video will briefly explain these boundaries and what defines them.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey

[allenmajorovic]

I appreciate your brevity and focus. Far too many content creators think more is better and it rarely is. The result is videos that have little to do with the description to no good effect.

[AaronGeo]

The Nazca Plate is interesting since it's a small oceanic plate being sucked under a continental plate, and on the opposite side where the subduction is occurring, a mid-ocean ridge forms

[Baldevi]

Succinct and to the point, with graphics and no nonsense, thank you for the info [as always!]

[TheSpaceEnthusiast-vlwx]

Thanks as always, Geology Hub for this refresher!

[xwiick]

Thanks for all the hard work on these videos!

[IXSEVEN]

Excellent, concise and educational. 10/10

[tracykruzan]

I LOVE this channel! I took geology in college and it has become a fun hobby❣️Based on my information (it might be somewhat antiquated) y'all nail it all of the time!

[Rembrant]

One minute and thirty nine second video and I learn something. The world is full of detail, infinite detail.

[kirkthiets]

I love your content.
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[MSjackiesaunders]

I've learned so much from you! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and time!

[Mark-zqtj]

damn, there was a lot of information there that i need to watch again and process!🤔😁

[gwendolenshepard]

The exciting place that geology now occupies is great. With the now accessible knowledge that climate change is real and the history of the earth is now reported, I feel that geology is finally getting the praise it deserves.

[Zantigableiaust]

I still don't understand why Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan have a stratovolcano..

I mean to be honest I only see divergent plate, transform plate and coalition plate, I see no subduction going on but why only stratobolcano there? Which in my understanding only happens if there are subduction going beneath?

[Deltaflot]

I swear, everytime I look up something on Tetonic plates there are new ones I didn't know about before. Oh, and First!

[earkittycat]

Farallon plate my favourite, idk why it just seemed cool, but bro is literally about to disappear.

[davidcovington]

Every time a video is succinct, some commenters waste our time telling us it was. Lay off, folks!

[timh]

I have got enough on my plate - thanks.

[quakekatut]

How about micro plate boundaries?! 🙂🌎🙂

[philippgnoyke]

Important to note that divergence really only happens between similar plate types, i.e. there is no continental-oceanic divergence. At least I have not heard about it.

[Rucuz]

Mid ocean ridges are like lacing your fingers and pulling them apart, just like the earth as it expands.