Yet they undergo devastating earthquakes such as the 2010 Haiti disaster because of the sliding Caribbean Plate. Another form of convergent boundary is a collision where two continental plates meet head-on. /**/ Constructive Plate Boundaries Also known as divergent or tensional boundaries. A good example of a destructive plate boundary is where the Nazca plate dives underneath the South American plate. Here, the 2 plates slide past each other in opposite directions, generating friction as they do. The San Andreas Fault is an example of a conservative plate boundary. The direction of plate movement dictates the features and processes associated with each tectonic plate boundary. Examples include the San Andreas fault and the Anatolian fault. Earthquakes at conservative plate boundaries can be very destructive as they occur close to the Earth’s surface. They don’t have notable features like large chains of mountains. The most famous example is the San Andreas Fault of California, which marks a segment of the boundary between the North American and Pacific Plates. This type of plate boundary is also referred to as a conservative plate boundary, as it involves movement but no loss or creation of material at the surface. California is a good example of this type of boundary. CONSERVATIVE PLATE BOUNDARY: A conservative plate boundary, also known as a transform plate margin occurs when two plates move horizontally alongside each other. Occasionally, conservative plate boundaries occur in continental plates. 3.8 Conservative plate boundaries and transform faults. They can also move in the same direction, just at different speeds.Earthquakes can occur here due to the plates becoming stuck every so often, hence generating earthquakes. Since neither plate is stronger than the other, they crumple and are pushed up. About 80% of earthquakes occur where plates are pushed together, called convergent boundaries. Following an earthquake along a conservative plate boundary, there are often aftershocks as the additional stress on other areas along the fault are relieved. This has caused volcanoes, earthquakes and the formation of the Andes Mountain Range. A conservative plate boundary, also known as a slip or transform plate margin, happens where plates slide past each other in opposite directions, or in the same direction but at different speeds. An example of a destructive boundary is the subduction zone between the Nazca and South American Plate. There are three main types of plate boundary. Destructive, constructive and conservative plate margins. These are convergent (destructive), divergent (constructive) and conservative.