GEOG 3RW3 Lecture 3: Latin America Lecture 3 Notes
6 Oct 2015
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Australia, india tillites (glacially deposited sediments transformed into solid rock: similar fossil remains of the ancient species. Latin america occupies three tectonic plates: north american plate, south. American plate, caribbean plate: plates that also influent on latin america"s tectonic environment: cocos plate, nazca. Tectonic boundaries: divergent boundaries: mid-ocean ridge spreading zones (lithosphere is created . Mid-atlantic ridge: convergent boundaries: subduction zone (lithosphere is destroyed the andes) Transform boundaries: plates slide past each other (lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed caribbean) Figure: usgs courtesy: some mid-ocean ridges near latin america, mid-atlantic ridge, south sandwich, east pacific rise, chile ridge, cocos ridge, cayman trough. South sandwich (
