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Do the Andes and Appalachian Mountains lie on the same type of plate edge?
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No, the Andes are near a subduction zone type plate edge but the Appalachian Mountains are not near any plate edge of any kind.
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Are the Appalachian mountains on an active plate edge?
No. There is no such thing as a passive plate edge. They are near a passive continental margin.
What type of boundary is present at the western edge of Chile?
The Andes Mountains are the eastern border of Chile.
How does the plate tectonics effect the himalaya mountains?
the indo-australian plate is pushing into the plate above it forcing the himalaya's to get bigger because they are on the edge of the plate.
How can oceanic sediments became part of continental mountains?
In an ocean-continent convergence, the collision of ocean and continental crust causes the accretion of marine sedimentary deposits to the edge of the continent. These sediments, then, are forced up through normal mountain building orogenic uplift and compression (and faulting). In another method, as the underlying oceanic crust area of a plate tips down at a subduction zone, its ocean-floor sediment can be scraped off along the front edge of the overriding continental plate. The result is an increase in the width and thickness of the overriding plate, and thus, a mountain range. This is seen well at the convergence of the Nazca plate and South American plate (Peru-Chile Trench or Atacama Trench) forming the Andes Mountains - which are actually originally volcanic in origin, but are being buttressed by the new sediments.
What are the Sierra Nevada Mountains made out of?
Half of it lies on the North American Plate and half of it is on the Pacific Plate.
Are the Appalachian mountains on an active plate edge?
No. There is no such thing as a passive plate edge. They are near a passive continental margin.
The Andes mountains running along the western edge of south America were formed by collisions between the south American plate and the?
The Andes Mountains running along the western edge of South America were formed by collisions between the South American plate and the
What would be the best explanation for the existence of the andes mountains along the west coast of south america?
The Andes Mountains formed because two tectonic plates (a tectonic plate is a piece of the Earth's crust), the Nazca Plate and the Antarctic Plate, pushed into the western edge of South America. This compressed the western edge of the South American plate, and folded it, creating the Andes Mountains. A few of the mountains were formed by volcanic activity. which is also the result of the collision between this plates.
What mountains on the western edge of south America are the?
The Andes Mountains form the 'spine' of South America
What are the mountains called in Venezuela?
Venezuela is at the northern edge of the Andes Mountains.
A is a large area of foothills at the edge of the Appalachian Mountains?
basin
What are the three regions in South America?
Andes mountains, central plains, eastern edge
Is it an opinion that the Andes Mountains run all the way down the Western edge of the continent?
NO
What type of boundary is present at the western edge of Chile?
The Andes Mountains are the eastern border of Chile.
What was the western edge of the 13 colonies?
It is the Appalachian mountains.
How does the plate tectonics effect the himalaya mountains?
the indo-australian plate is pushing into the plate above it forcing the himalaya's to get bigger because they are on the edge of the plate.
Is it true that tall mountains only occur close to the edge of a tectonic plate?
yes it do
