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Classify idealized relative plate motion from normal and tangential velocity components.
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Manipulate
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Measure
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Interpret
Scientific viewport
Measured model and controls
Use two plate-velocity components to classify idealized convergent, divergent, transform-dominant, or stationary relative motion.
Primary scientific view
convergent
Relative motion
vrel,n = vB,n − vA,n
vrel,t = vB,t − vA,t
Kinematic state
Normal rate
Shear rate
Relative speed
Class
Model boundary
Purely kinematic local boundary classification. It does not model mantle dynamics, subduction mechanics, fault rheology, earthquakes, topography, or plate curvature.