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What forms when more dense seawater sinks under less dense seawater?
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Density current
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What happens under the earth when a earthquake forms?
shakes
How does this tsuami event form?
it forms from an earthquake under water pushing the water upward.
What is the role of density in turbidity currents?
Density's role is to push the cloudy turbid water under the less dense surrounding water to start the turbidity currents
How do volcanoes form along subduction zones?
Well, the less dense plate thing dunks under the more dense one. Eventually (over millions of years) the stuff pops, going into volcanic activity. Hope this helps! Email me if you need more info @ ghambelton@verizon.bet
What happens when plates collide and one plate sinks?
The collision of plates commonly includes "subduction", where one plate is forced under the other, down into the mantle. These plates are melted and rise again, adding to the magma under the overlying plate. This creates heated rock that can later emerge through the surface in volcanoes. Oceanic plates are thinner and denser than continental plates, so are the ones forced down, either under a continental plate or another oceanic plate.
Movement that occurs when more dense seawater sinks under less dense seawater?
density current
What kind of current forms when denser seawater sinks under less seawater?
riptide
Where cool dense water sinks its becomes more dense?
In the Mediterranean Sea the cool dense water sinks under less dense water which is called density current.
Where cool dense water sinks it become more dense?
In the Mediterranean Sea the cool dense water sinks under less dense water which is called density current.
Where cool dense water sinks does it become more dense?
In the Mediterranean Sea the cool dense water sinks under less dense water which is called density current.
When plates collide the denser plate will ride over the less denser plate?
No, the denser plate sinks under the less dense plate in a process called subduction.
What are the earths plates made of?
parts of the crust and upper mantle
When a more dense oceanic plate sinks under continental plate?
This is called a destructive plate boundary. It occurs due to the fact that the oceanic crust is far denser than the continental crust. As a result it subducts into the mantle and is incenerated. Hope it helped:)
Why does one continental plate slide under the other?
Because magma rises through hot spots( holes in the ground on the ocean floor) and cools forming new crust which repeats over hundreds of years making the oceanic crust more dense than continental crust. Since the oceanic crust is more dense, it sinks faster causing it to slide under the continental crust
When dense cold air meets less dense warmer air the warm air is pushed?
The heavier cold air sinks and slides under the warm air and forces it upward. This causes cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds to form. This brings in the rainstorms and thunderstorms.
Collision boundaries and subduction boundaries are types of what boundaries?
The older denser plate sinks under a deep ocean trench into the mantle. Some rock above the subducting plate melts and forms magma. Since the magma is less dense than the surrounding rock, it rises toward the surface. Eventually, the magma breaks through the ocean floor, making a volcanoe.
Where is the lowest elevation in the world NOT under seawater?
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