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Can plate movement occur when a plate is pushed away from an ocean trench during a process called ridge push?
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A convergent boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate results in a ocean trench because the basalt in the oceanic plate is denser than the granite in the continental plate, causing the oceanic plate to sink underneath, into the mantle.
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∙ 10y agoNo, plate movement can not occur when a plate is pushed away from an ocean trench during a ridge push process.
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