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Through the reduction or enlargement of oceanic plates via plate tectonics.
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Are most plates boundaries continents or in ocean basins?
In ocean basins
How ocean basins affect tidal pattern?
Tidal patterns are greatly influenced by the size, shape, depth, and location of the ocean basin in which the tides occur.
Explain how the size and shape of oceans are continuously changing?
The size and shape of oceans change due to various factors such as tides, currents, and erosion. Tides cause a periodic rise and fall in sea level, altering the shape of coastlines. Ocean currents can redistribute water, affecting the size and shape of ocean basins. Erosion from waves and weathering can also change the coastline, impacting the overall size and shape of oceans.
Do you get ocean basins when plates collide?
No, Ocean basins form when land drifts away, for example "Pangea" (north america,Europe,Asia&Africa) were once together & now, are not, theirfor ocean basins were created
What causes ocean basins to form?
under the earth start to overlap one another causing things in the ocean called basins to occur which is where ocean basins comes from.
What is the most common igneous rock of the ocean basins?
Ocean basins are primarily made of the igneous rock, basalt.
How do oceans change size?
Oceans can change in size due to processes such as tectonic plate movement, which can open or close ocean basins, or sea level rise and fall in response to climate change and glacial melt. Additionally, changes in precipitation and evaporation patterns can affect the volume of water in oceans.
How do plates cause ocean basins?
the earth.
Which scientist studies rocks and ocean basins?
A geologist studies rocks, while an oceanographer studies ocean basins. Marine geologists specifically study the rocks and geological features of the ocean floor.
Are most plate boundaries on continents or in ocean basins?
Most plate boundaries are located in ocean basins rather than on continents. This is because oceanic plates are denser than continental plates, leading to subduction zones and mid-ocean ridges where most of the plate boundaries are found in the oceans.
What part of earth is the continents and ocean basins?
crust
How do plate tectonics cause ocean basins?
the earth.
