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Do lithospheric plates include both continental crust and oceanic crust?
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∙ 15y ago
It is possible to have continental and oceanic crust on the same plate. The only to this exception is with the Pacific plate which exists independently.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 15y agoYes. because the plates create the Lithosphere
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∙ 12y agoyes it can. the majority of the plates carry both oceanic and continental crust. especially the north American one
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∙ 9y agoYes. Most major plates have both continental and oceanic crust in some measure.
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Are continental plates more buoyant than oceanic plates?
Continental lithospheric plates are more buoyant than oceanic plates, yes.
What is a oceanic continental convergent?
These are zones/areas where two lithospheric plates, involving an oceanic and a continental plate collide.
What is the difference between oceanic and continental plates?
Continental plates are thicker and less dense. Continental plates are mainly granitic in composition. Oceanic plates are mainly basaltic in composition. The rock of continental plates is on average, much older than the rock of the oceanic plates. The oceanic plate underlies the oceans, and the continental plate makes up the land masses. Continental plates do not subduct at convergent plate boundaries.
Convergent boundaries can be divided into 3 categories what are these categories and what geological feature are created by each?
The categories are a continental and a continental plate colliding, continental and oceanic plates colliding, and oceanic and oceanic plates colliding. The two continental plates form mountains. The continental and oceanic plated colliding cause subduction zones and volcanoes. Oceanic and oceanic plates colliding form a trench.
Convergence can occur between what types of plates?
1. oceanic-continental 2. oceanic-oceanic 3. continental-continental
Are continental plates more buoyant than oceanic plates?
Continental lithospheric plates are more buoyant than oceanic plates, yes.
What is a oceanic continental convergent?
These are zones/areas where two lithospheric plates, involving an oceanic and a continental plate collide.
What is a oceanic boundary?
These are zones/areas where two lithospheric plates, involving an oceanic and a continental plate collide.
What is a oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary?
These are zones/areas where two lithospheric plates, involving an oceanic and a continental plate collide.
What is oceanic -oceanic convergent boundary?
These are zones/areas where two lithospheric plates, involving an oceanic and a continental plate collide.
What can tectonic plates also be called instead of tectonic plates?
Tectonic plates are also "Continental Crust" and "Oceanic Crust". Also lithospheric plates.
Name the two types of lithospheric plates?
There are two types of lithosphere: the oceanic lithosphere and the continental lithosphere. The oceanic lithosphere exists in the ocean basins while the continental lithosphere exists in the continental crust.
Tectonic plates can include?
Tectonic plates can either be continental or oceanic.
Why are oceanic plates lower than continental plates?
Because continental plates are denser than oceanic. That is why oceanic and continental plates cause subduction zones.
Why do trenches form when oceanic crust meets continental crust?
Oceanic crust is thinner and more dense will continental crust is thicker and less dense.
Name two types of tectonic plates?
The two types of tectonic plates are continental and oceanic.
Compare and contrast the three plate boundaries?
Oceanic-continental convergence (when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate) & oceanic-oceanic convergence (2 oceanic plates) both involve oceanic plates & subduction. Continental-continental convergence (2 continental plates) involves neither.
