1 a. Describe the tectonic setting for the following by filling in the columns below, using thefigures in the lab book as a reference1b. Why is oceanic crust subducted beneath continental crust instead of the other way around?1c. Sketch California and the San Andreas Fault in the space below and put arrows alongopposite sides of the fault to show the relative sense of movement. Is Los Angeles movingtoward or away from Berkeley? Is the motion right-lateral or left-lateral? Figure 2.1 Earth's major lithospheric plates.Juan de FucaplatePacific plateSubductionzoneOceaniccrustCocosplateTrenchRiseSubducting lithosphereNorth AmericanplateGalapagosRidgeNazca plateChile RidgeContinentalvolcanic arcContinentallithosphereCaribbeanplateAsthenosphereA. Convergent plate boundaryMid-Atlantic RidgeSouthAmericanplateScotia plateMeltingOceanicridgeAfrican plateTransform.plate boundaryOceanicridgeEurasian plateMeltingB. Transform plate boundary-Arabianplate.Southwest Indian RidgeAntarcticplateMid-IngOceaniclithosphereAustralian-Indian plateOceaniclithospherePhilippineSoutheast IndianSpreadingcenterMeltingC. Divergent plate boundary-PacificplateRidgeMany smaller plates are not shown. Divergent (red line on map), convergent (blue), and transform(yellow) boundaries are illustrated in the block diagrams.

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Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)

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1 a. Describe the tectonic setting for the following by filling in the columns below, using the
figures in the lab book as a reference

1b. Why is oceanic crust subducted beneath continental crust instead of the other way around?

1c. Sketch California and the San Andreas Fault in the space below and put arrows alongopposite sides of the fault to show the relative sense of movement. Is Los Angeles moving
toward or away from Berkeley? Is the motion right-lateral or left-lateral?