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Collisions between oceanic plates and continental plates are thought to result primarily from?
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Meteor impacts in the ocean basins
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Convention currwnts
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What are the three possible combinations of plate collisions at convergent boundaries?
The three possible combinations would be continental-continental, continental-oceanic, and oceanic-oceanic.
What 3 collisions occur at a convergent boundary?
Oceanic-continental convergent boundary, Oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary, and Continental-continental convergent boundary.
What are some examples of collisions between a continental plate and an oceanic plate?
The Andes mountains of South America and the Cascade Mountains of North America are some examples of a continental-oceanic plate boundaries.
What type of rock primarily makes up oceanic crust and continental crust?
Continental: granite oceanic: basalt
What makes up the continents and the ocean floor?
The continental and oceanic plates are primarily igneous rock. The continental crust is granitic and the oceanic crust is basaltic.
Examples of where the three types of plate movements occur?
Continental- continental collisions, Continental-oceanic collisions,and Oceanic-oceanic collisions
What are the possible combinations of plate collisions at convergent boundaries?
The three possible combinations would be continental-continental, continental-oceanic, and oceanic-oceanic.
What are three possible combinations of plate collisions at convergent boundaries?
The three possible combinations would be continental-continental, continental-oceanic, and oceanic-oceanic.
What are the three possible combinations of plate collisions at convergent boundaries?
The three possible combinations would be continental-continental, continental-oceanic, and oceanic-oceanic.
What 3 collisions occur at a convergent boundary?
Oceanic-continental convergent boundary, Oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary, and Continental-continental convergent boundary.
What are some examples of collisions between a continental plate and an oceanic plate?
The Andes mountains of South America and the Cascade Mountains of North America are some examples of a continental-oceanic plate boundaries.
What is the name of the process where ocean crust sinks back toward the mantle?
It is called subduction and only occurs in oceanic to oceanic or oceanic to continental plate collisions.
What type of rock primarily makes up oceanic crust and continental crust?
Continental: granite oceanic: basalt
How is continental lithosphere different oceanic lithosphere?
Continental lithosphere is thicker and less dense than oceanic lithosphere. Continental crust is primarily composed of granitic rock while oceanic crust is composed primarily of basaltic rock.
What are three types of orogeny?
Continental-continental, Oceanic-oceanic and Oceanic-continental convergent boundaries.
Convergence can occur between what types of plates?
1. oceanic-continental 2. oceanic-oceanic 3. continental-continental
What makes up the continents and the ocean floor?
The continental and oceanic plates are primarily igneous rock. The continental crust is granitic and the oceanic crust is basaltic.
