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How does the subducting plate affect temperature in the asthenosphere?
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Subduction results from convection in the asthenosphere. The heat from the core of the earth that is imparted to the mantle causes the mantle to convect much the way
boiling water convects in a pan on the stove. Hot mantle at the core-mantle boundary rises while cool mantle sinks, causing convection cells to form.
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Which plate is subducting beneath South American plate?
Nazca
Which plates is subducting beneath the South American plate?
The nazca plate
What is happening to the plate that is connected to Japan and California?
It is subducting.
What kind of plate boundary has the most explosive volcanoes?
Convergent with the oceanic plate subducting under the continental plate.
Where do convergent plate boundaries occur in the world?
The most common type of plate boundary is a convergent/compressional/destructive plate boundary. The plates are moving together. Examples of this are: Soufriere Hills volcano - the Atlantic plate is subducting underneath the Caribbean plate. Mt Pinatubo - the Phillippine plate is subducting beneath the indo-Australian plate. You get volcanoes and earthquakes at these plate boundaries. :) Hope this helped.
When an oceanic plate digs into earths hot interior what occurs?
When an oceanic plate subducts below another continental or oceanic plate, the cold, wet, dense rock and sediments slowly dive into the asthenosphere, where, due to the volume of water contained in the subducting plate, the melting point of the subducting plate is lower than the surrounding rock. Volcanoes may result from the rising of molten material created by the subduction.
What is subducting ocean plate?
An ocean plate is subducting if it is flowing under a less dense plate at a convergent plate boundary.
When an oceanic plate digs into earth hot what occurs?
When an oceanic plate subducts below another continental or oceanic plate, the cold, wet, dense rock and sediments slowly dive into the asthenosphere, where, due to the volume of water contained in the subducting plate, the melting point of the subducting plate is lower than the surrounding rock. Volcanoes may result from the rising of molten material created by the subduction.
Which plate is subducting beneath South American plate?
Nazca
Do plate tectonics sit on the asthenosphere?
they sit on the asthenosphere
Which plates is subducting beneath the South American plate?
The nazca plate
What is a subducting plates?
When one plate moves under the other plate
What is happening to the plate that is connected to Japan and California?
It is subducting.
Are subducting plate and oceanic plate the same?
No. While only oceanic crust can subduct it is not always subducting. When two oceanic plates converge, only one of them subducts.
What type of plate boundary is asthenosphere?
The asthenosphere is not a plate boundary. It is the layer of Earth's mantle on which tectonic plates float.
Where is the asthenosphere and what does it do?
The asthenosphere is a section of the upper mantle that enables plate tectonics.
Which plate is subducting beneath the south american plate to form the andes?
north american
