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In this region, the geology is dominated by the transition of the tectonic plate boundary from rift to fault.
This driving force is important when the slabs (or portions thereof) are not strongly attached to the rest of their respective tectonic plate.
Padang is located close to a tectonic plate boundary, which makes the danger of earthquakes and tsunamis high.
These values are much higher near tectonic plate boundaries where the crust is thinner.
The tectonic plate debate is an example of a controversy according to this definition.
Furthermore, they did not occur on the tectonic plate boundary, but rather in the middle of the plate.
Hotspot volcanism results in the formation of isolated mountains and mountain chains that are not necessarily on tectonic plate boundaries.
The 2004 earthquake tilted the tectonic plate under the island, lifting it by 1 to 2 metres.
The vast majority are located near areas of tectonic plate movement, known as ocean ridges.
Through tectonic plate motion the western half of the volcano moved north at about 1.5cm per year.
Occasionally, however, the tectonic plate suddenly slips a much greater distance, resulting in an earthquake.
This is simply the weight of the tectonic plate being subducted (pulled) below the overlying plate dragging the rest of the plate along behind it.
Geothermal power is cost effective, reliable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly, but has historically been limited to areas near tectonic plate boundaries.
Versions fixed to a tectonic plate differ from the global version by at most a few centimetres.
A third type of basin exists along convergent plate boundaries - places where one tectonic plate moves under another into the asthenosphere.
