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They move the ocean floor as if it were on a giant conveyor belt.
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What replaces magma in the Earth?
The subduction and melting of oceanic crust replaces magma in the earth.
When is earths Crust destroyed?
The Earth's crust is destroyed when subduction occurs.
What is the effect of the earth's plates that push against each other?
The crashing of the India plate into the Asia plate resulted in the thrusting up of the Himalayas. Another possibility is subduction, where one plate is pushed downwards into the mantle.
What is it called when earth's plates push one under another?
This process is known as subduction.
What occurs when two plates collide and one of the plates dips below the other?
It is called subduction. When subduction occurs one plate slips beneath the other and sinks into the Earth's mantle and creates a trench.
How does subduction affect people?
For the most part, subduction of the Earth's plates don't have much effect on people - it happens, but there is nothing that changes what people do. However, it is possible for a sudden shift in the subduction zone to cause an earthquake, which necessarily is a rather large effect on the people in the area of the epicenter.
What effect does subduction and sea floor spreading have on the earth's surface?
It allows the continents to move relative to each other.
What is the effect of a convergant boundary?
When convergent plates collide one is pushed beneath the other plate and sinks into the Earth's mantle. This process is known as subduction. Subduction creates trenches in the ocean, which is why trenches and associated with convergent plates.
A deep trench in the earth is called?
subduction
Would the most violent earth quacks be associated with spreading centers or subduction zones?
subduction zones
What is the process that takes rock to the inside of the earth?
"subduction"
Which process takes rock to the inside of earth?
Subduction
What does subduction?
Physically, a subduction zone creates a trench in the ocean. As an active event, a subduction creates an earth quake and possibly a tsunami (depending on how much water was displaced).
What replaces magma in the Earth?
The subduction and melting of oceanic crust replaces magma in the earth.
Where do you call the lithosperic plates slides back into the earth?
Subduction
What is the of where the crust goes back down into the earth?
subduction zone
When Crust is destroyed.?
The Earth's crust is destroyed when subduction occurs.
