Plate Tectonics Illustrations
Subduction
Subduction
Island Arc Formation - Subduction: Japan, Indonesia, Aleutians
Island Arc Formation - Subduction: Japan, Indonesia, Aleutians
Subduction of Oceanic Crust creating an Island Arc (BGS-What causes earthquakes?)
Himalaya Mountains Formation - Convergence
Himalaya Mountains Formation - Convergence
Seafloor Spreading - Divergence
Seafloor Spreading - Divergence
Iceland Formation - Divergence
Iceland Formation - Divergence
Divergent and Transform Plate Margins - Iceland
(MDPI Geosciences)
Great Rift Valley Formation, Africa - Divergence
Great Rift Valley Formation, Africa - Divergence
Hotspot Island Formation - Hawai'i, Galápagos Islands, Canary Islands
Hotspot Island Formation - Hawai'i, Galápagos Islands, Canary Islands
Formation of the Appalachian Highlands
Formation of the Appalachian Highlands
Formation of the Appalachian Mountains 480mya to 270mya (EARTH Magazine)
Formation of the Appalachian Mountains with captions ( Living Earth)
Formation of the Western Mountains of North America
Formation of the Western Mountains of North America
Formation of the Rocky Mountains (Wiki)
More detail may be found at OpenText-BC - Western Canada during the Mesozoic
How the Rocky Mountains Formed (1:04)
Formation of British Columbia (QMI, 3:29)