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How do volcanoes form were oceanic and continental plates collide?
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When continental plates collide what happens to the oceanic crust between them?
When the continental plates collide the oceainc cust gets stuck and eventually evaporates
What is a oceanic continental convergent?
These are zones/areas where two lithospheric plates, involving an oceanic and a continental plate collide.
What is a continental arc?
Is a tectonic process where two plates ( an Oceanic plate and a Continental plate) collide. In Continental Arc environments the weaker oceanic plate always sub ducts under the stronger Continental plate. Most Continental arc environments lead to Volcano formation.
When two continental plates collide what happens?
When two continental plates collide they form mountains .
Convergent boundaries can be divided into 3 categories what are these categories and what geological feature are created by each?
The categories are a continental and a continental plate colliding, continental and oceanic plates colliding, and oceanic and oceanic plates colliding. The two continental plates form mountains. The continental and oceanic plated colliding cause subduction zones and volcanoes. Oceanic and oceanic plates colliding form a trench.
What are two ways volcanoes can forms near converging plate boundaries?
Volcanoes may form where two oceanic plates collide or where an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate.
What are two Ways volcanoes Form near converging plate boundaries?
Volcanoes may form where two oceanic plates collide or where an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate.
Why do oceanic plates dive underneath continental plates when they collide?
this is because the oceanic plate is much denser than the continental plate so when they collide the oceanic plate will sink easily
Why do oceanic plates move under continental plates when the two collide?
Oceanic plates move under continental plates when they converge together because the oceanic plate is more denser than the continental plate.
When ocean plates collide with continental plates the denser oceanic plate?
sinks
When continental plates collide what happens to the oceanic crust between them?
When the continental plates collide the oceainc cust gets stuck and eventually evaporates
What do two oceanic plates that collide form?
eigther volcanoes or mountains
What are formed when two oceanic plates collide?
volcanoes in an island arc
What is a oceanic continental convergent?
These are zones/areas where two lithospheric plates, involving an oceanic and a continental plate collide.
What happens when oceanic and continental plates collide?
At this type of convergent boundary the oceanic plate will be subducted, or sink into the mantle underneath the continental plate. Volcanoes often form near these boundaries.
When oceanic plates collide with continental plates the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate because?
The oceanic plate subduct under the continental because oceanic is made from basalt(rock) which is denser than andesite and granite(continental)
What types of earthquake and volcano patterns are in a subduction zone?
Subduction zones usually refer to convergent tectonic plate boundaries. A convergent boundary indicates two plates that are moving together, or colliding. Oceanic plates that collide with other oceanic plates will create deep trenchs, such as the Marianas Trench, earthquakes, and/or volcanic islands. As oceanic plates collide with continental plates, the oceanic plate will always be subducted by the continental plate because oceanic plates are more dense. This type of collision yields a good deal of heat, resulting in volcanic mountains. Continental plates that collide with other continental plates will crumple on impact producing large mountain ranges, such as the Alps or Himalayas.
