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Yes. The surface of earth covered by the oceans are part of the plates of the earth.
Gussie Gutkowski
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Is the oceanic lithosphere denser?
No. Oceanic plates are denser than conitnental plates.
What are moving pieces under the earths surface that form the earths crust?
The answer is tectonic plates floating on the lithosphere. Does that answer your question? LOL :)
How do plates move where convection currents are risig?
The lithosphere is the continental crust, oceanic crust and upper part of the mantle. The convection currents move in the mantle mostly in the Asthenosphere layer under the lithosphere. As the convention currents move it makes the lithosphere spread and shake.
What type of mountain is most likely to form when plates with edges that have oceanic lithosphere collide?
When plates with edges which have ocean lithosphere collide with each other, one plate can be pushed under the other, causing the magma from the mantle to rise. This results in the formation volcanic mountains in the vicinity.
Can a pole shift cause the continents to move?
A pole shift is not what causes the continents to move. It is the pressures from under the oceans' plates.
Do plates include the lithosphere under the oceans?
Yes. The surface of earth covered by the oceans are part of the plates of the earth.
Do the Plates include the lithosphere under the ocean?
Yes, several of the plates have their margins under the oceans. The Pacific Plate would be the plate with the largest area under the seas.
Rifting under water?
seperations of plates forming oceans
Is the crust a layer of rocks under the plate or is the crust the plates?
The crust is the layer at the surface that forms the upper part of the plates. The plates also include a portion of the upper mantle just beneath the crust. Together, the crust and this upper portion of the mantle form the lithosphere.
Is the oceanic lithosphere denser?
No. Oceanic plates are denser than conitnental plates.
Do oceanic plates lie under oceans?
yes
What is a subduction in geological terms?
it when one of tectonic plates (lithosphere) descends under another plate (asthenosphere)
What are moving pieces under the earths surface that form the earths crust?
The answer is tectonic plates floating on the lithosphere. Does that answer your question? LOL :)
What are the earths plates made of?
parts of the crust and upper mantle
Which process is currently accepted explanation of the movement of drifting continents?
the convection currents in the mantle under the earths curst is moving the broken plates in earths lithosphere causing the plates slide across the lithosphere. this process is called tectonics. (jon lay wrote this,)
How are tsunami linked to earthquake?
The Earth's plates rub against each other. Some plates are under oceans and this causes terrible waves.
How do plates move where convection currents are risig?
The lithosphere is the continental crust, oceanic crust and upper part of the mantle. The convection currents move in the mantle mostly in the Asthenosphere layer under the lithosphere. As the convention currents move it makes the lithosphere spread and shake.
