Tectonic Margin Processes and Landforms
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1. Compare and contrast the different types of tectonic boundaries. Give examples of each.

 

2. Compare and contrast the tectonic setting and landform characteristics of  Mt. Mayon and Mt Heimaey.

3. Mayon and Kilimanjaro are both stratovolcanoes but their tectonic settings are quite different. Compare and contrast the their tectonic settings.

 

4. Compare and contrast the structure and activity occurring along the Great Rift Valley and the San Andreas Fault zone.

5. What relationship does Mt. Kilimanjaro have to The Great Rift Valley?

 


 

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For Citation: Ritter, Michael E. The Physical Environment: an Introduction to Physical Geography.
2006. Date visited.  http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/title_page.html

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