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How can a folded mountain happen in the middle of a tectonic plate?
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∙ 12y ago
The tectonic plate boundaries come together and push up on each other to form mountains.
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How does an earthquake happen in the middle of a tectonic plate?
Many earthquakes can travel through water until it hits land causing a on shore earthquake.
What plastic like layer has tectonic plates ride on it?
The middle layer of earth that is MANTLE. It has the tectonic plates floating on it.
Why are buildings in the middle of a tectonic plate much less likely to be damaged?
Because there are far less earthquakes in the middle of a tectonic plate. About 90% of the world's earthquakes occur at plate boundaries.
What is the name of the tectonic process that has created many of the mountains in Middle and South America?
Most mountains are formed by convergent tectonic plate movements. In this process, tectonic plates crash into each other causing land masses to rise up out of the ground. These processes have formed many of the mountains in Central and South America.
Why is there no volcanoes in the middle of the Caribbean sea?
The middle of the Caribbean Sea is over the middle of the Caribbean Plate. Most volcanoes form near the edges of tectonic plates. For example, the lesser Antilles are composed in part of volcanoes at the margin of the Caribbean Plate.
How can you explain folded mountain ranges located in the middle of a tectonic plate?
compression
How can folded mountain ranges be located in the middle of a tectonic plate?
This quick lab will show how this can occur: 1) Get a piece of paper 2) Push from the opposite sides of the paper, (It should bunch up in the middle of the paper) This is an example of how this can happen The paper is the mountain range The Two sides of the paper are two different plates, then the range forms in the middle.
Folded mountains in the middle of tectonic plate?
Compression stress from other tectonic plates squeeze the plates, causing it to buckle in the center, and for mountains to form.
What is the difference between a valley and a mountain fold?
valley fold is folded at a crease in wich the outer edges are higher than the middle. mountain the opposite.
How many fault lines are there in SC?
0 because we are in the muddle of a tectonic plate so it is very rare for an earthquake to happen in the middle of a tectonic plate
How does an earthquake happen in the middle of a tectonic plate?
Many earthquakes can travel through water until it hits land causing a on shore earthquake.
Why do Australia's neighbors experience more high magnitude earthquakes than Australia?
Australia is in the middle of a tectonic plate, and earthquakes happen at the edges of these plates.
Why do oceanic rises and oceanic ridges exist?
They are located at spreading centers in the middle of the ocean. As tectonic plates move apart, magma fills it in and creates ridges and rises which are essentially mountain chains.
What plastic like layer has tectonic plates ride on it?
The middle layer of earth that is MANTLE. It has the tectonic plates floating on it.
When was Middle Mountain Cabins created?
Middle Mountain Cabins was created in 1931.
How many tectonic plates meet in middle America?
4
How many tectonic plates meet in the middle of America?
4
