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Do earthquakes happen when a continental or oceanic plate moves over a hot spot?
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Earthquakes happen because of continental plate shifts. Oceanic plate shifts cause title waves.
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What happens when an oceanic plate moves under a continental plate?
Subduction occurs and oceanic trench is formed.
What happens when oceanic and continental crust meets?
Subduction. denser oceanic plate moves under the continental plate. The oceanic plate is submerged into the mantle causing magma to rise to the surface.
What makes up a typical plate that moves across the earths surface?
a section of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
Why volcano is a geomorphic process?
it moves crustal materials from place to place
What is the process of a oceanic plate colliding with a continental plate?
Its when the oceanic crust and the continental crsut colide together.
What happens to the earths crust at a subbduction zone?
In a subduction zone, an oceanic plate moves under another plate (whether continental or oceanic). Sometimes pressure builds up, and earthquakes occur.
What happens when the oceanic plate moves to the side and the oceanic plate slides past the continental plate?
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What happens when an oceanic plate moves under a continental plate?
Subduction occurs and oceanic trench is formed.
What happens when oceanic and continental crust meets?
Subduction. denser oceanic plate moves under the continental plate. The oceanic plate is submerged into the mantle causing magma to rise to the surface.
What happens when oceanic and oceanic crust meets?
Subduction. denser oceanic plate moves under the continental plate. The oceanic plate is submerged into the mantle causing magma to rise to the surface.
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.
Which geographic feature is associated with subduction zones?
Subduction Zones are usually known to be part of the Destructive Plate Boundary. The changes that occur in this boundary are: Oceanic crust moves towards the continental crust, but due to the weight of the oceanic crust, the oceanic crust sinks and gets destroyed. This forms deep sea trenches and island archs with volcanoes. As the oceanic crust is forced downwards, the increase in pressure can trigger earthquakes to strike... Basically, the two plates (oceanic and continental) are associated with subduction zones.... Hope this helped ^ ^
When an earthquake occurs?
Earthquakes occur when the earth moves, especially along continental plate boundaries.
What are oceanic-oceanic and oceanic-continental subduction boundaries?
In the scope of lithospheric plate movements, both boundaries are areas where the more dense of the colliding plates slides under the lighter one, and moves toward the mantle. The melting of the subducted crust as it nears the mantle may cause volcanism either on the sea floor or on the continental land mass. Earthquakes will also result as the subducting rocks break and grind their way past the non-subducting plate rock.
What makes up a typical plate that moves across earths surface?
a section of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
What makes up a typical plate that moves across the earths surface?
a section of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
Why volcano is a geomorphic process?
it moves crustal materials from place to place
