CK12 Earth Science

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

Figure 6.20: The Arabian, Indian, and African plates are rifting apart, forming the Great
Rift Valley in Africa. The Dead Sea fills the rift with seawater. ( 24 )


Figure 6.21: Subduction of an oceanic plate beneath a continental plate forms a line of
volcanoes known as a continental arc and causes earthquakes. ( 27 )

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