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Collision of a continental and oceanic plate causes this in the plates?
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Where does oceanic and continental plates meet?
In a head-on collision, the oceanic plate subducts into the mantle.
What happens when a plate gets subducted?
The colder, more dense plate is the one that subducts in a collision between two plates. In an oceanic to oceanic plate collision it is the older of the two plates that will subduct due to its higher density. In an oceanic to continental plate collision, it's the oceanic plate that will subduct because of its higher density.
Are continental plates more buoyant than oceanic plates?
Continental lithospheric plates are more buoyant than oceanic plates, yes.
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.
What does the collision of a continental plate and an oceanic plate produce?
when two plates collide they form trenches.
Where does oceanic and continental plates meet?
In a head-on collision, the oceanic plate subducts into the mantle.
When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate which plate is subducted?
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, the oceanic plate is always subducted. Oceanic plates are denser than continental plates, and they have a higher iron content. Since they are denser, oceanic plates always sink below the continental plate in the event of a collision.
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.
What types of mountains form when oceanic plates collide and slide under continental plates?
A Ocean-To-Continent Collision. A Volcanic Mountain Will Form.
What happens when a plate gets subducted?
The colder, more dense plate is the one that subducts in a collision between two plates. In an oceanic to oceanic plate collision it is the older of the two plates that will subduct due to its higher density. In an oceanic to continental plate collision, it's the oceanic plate that will subduct because of its higher density.
Name two types of tectonic plates?
The two types of tectonic plates are continental and oceanic.
Is the Himalayas divergent or convergent?
Yes, the Himalayas are located on a convergent boundary.There are three types of convergent boundaries:-Oceanic-Oceanic-Oceanic-Continental-Continental-ContinentalOf the three types, the Himalayas are considered to be Continental-Continental. Meaning, it's a collision between two continental plates.
What is the process of a oceanic plate colliding with a continental plate?
Its when the oceanic crust and the continental crsut colide together.
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.
What are tectonicsplates?
Tectonic plates.Tectonic plates are plates underneath Earth's surface that move very slowly. There are oceanic and continental plates. Of course, oceanic plates are plates under the ocean, and continental plates are plates underneath ground, or continents. Each of the plates carry the things above them, land or ocean. When two continental or oceanic plates collide, it causes a fold in Earth's surface, and an earthquake. Now, when a continental plate draws near and nearly collides with an oceanic plate, something called subduction occurs. Subduction is basically when the oceanic plate dips down below the continental plate, causing a trench.
How do the mountains that form along an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary differ from those associated with an oceanic continental convergent boundary?
the oceanic plates are denser than continental plates, therefore, when oceanic plates and continental plates converge, the oceanic will go under the continental plates. But when two oceanic converge either both will rise to form moutains, or both will sink and cause a trench.
