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What happens hen the continental crust and oceanic crust slide past each other?
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What is the other type of crust the continental crust and what?
Oceanic Crust
What are convertgent boundaries?
A conversion boundary is a place where 2 tectonic plates are mving toward each other. There are 3 types of convergent boundaries OCEANIC CRUST-OCEANIC CRUST OCEANIC CRUST-CONTINENTAL CRUST CONTINENTAL CRUST-CONTINENTAL CRUST They are classified according to their crust
What happens at a destructive margin?
A destructive margin is when the oceanic crust moves towards the continental crust and slip under it (oceanic crust is heavier than the continental crust). This can build up a lot of pressure between the plates.
Why does the oceanic sink beneath continental crust at convergent boundaries?
The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust. That's the reason we find that the oceanic crust sinks (subducts) beneath the continental crust.Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust and so cannot sink below it.
Differences between oceanic-oceanic and oceanic-continental subduction boundary?
Oceanic to oceanic- one plate sinks under the other Oceanic- Continental ocean crust sinks under the other
When two geologic plates are moving away from each other what happens?
When it is two continental plates, new oceanic crust is formed, and when this continues, more oceanic crust is formed between the plates.
Is the crust formed or destroyed at a sliding boundary?
At convergent boundaries are boundaries the crust is destroyed by subduction of oceanic crust underneath continental crust or other oceanic crust.
Is the crust formed or destroyed at the sliding boundary?
At convergent boundaries are boundaries the crust is destroyed by subduction of oceanic crust underneath continental crust or other oceanic crust.
What happens when a oceanic and continental plate move towards each other?
It is called a destructive plate boundry...one type of crust is oceanic and the other is continental. when they meet the oceanic crust gets pushed down as it is heavier. the friction caused when it sinks creates huge earthquakes and the crust re-melts and gets forced upwards due to pressure to form a volcano.
Which type of crust will rise on top of the other?
Continental crust over Oceanic crust.
How big is the indo-australian plate?
No, it is not an oceanic plate. It is a continental plate but with oceanic crust. Crust is different from plate. A plate is made up of many crust. The crust under the ocean is oceanic crust, while the crust where continent is found is called continental crust. Most of the plates are made up off both continental and oceanic crust. If a plate has continental crusts, then it is a continental plate. Only if a plate is all made up of oceanic crusts, meaning that there is no land on it, then the plate is called oceanic plate. In the world, the major oceanic plates include Pacific Plate, Nazca Plate, Cocos Plate and Philippines Plate. Other are all continental plate.
Why does the oceanic crust go under the continental crust when they collide?
because the ocean base is hevier than the other crust
