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How is a continential listhophere different from a oceanic lithoshere?
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There is only a slight difference between crust and lithosphere. The difference is that the lithosphere is part of the Earth that encompasses.
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What kind of tectonic collision produces volcanoes?
oceanic-continential
What are facts about Continental and Oceanic Crust and Lithospheric Plates Including what they are made of and their approximate temperature?
the continential crust is made of granitic rocks and the oceanic crust is made of basat and gabbro. the temp of the continential crust is -84.4 to 70.7c and the temp for oceanic crust is -18 to 380c and the lithopheric plates are made of felsic rocks. good luck with the rest.
Which continental margin occur where oceanic lithosphere is being subducted beneath the edge of a continent?
active continential margins
What is the difference between oceanic plate and continential plate?
Oceanic plates are young and made of basalt and recent sediments. Continental plates are old and contain continental crust made of old rocks and they are usually considerably thicker than the oceanic plates
What are the three different setting of convergent boundaries?
The three types of convergent plate boundaries are Oceanic-Oceanic, Continental-Continental, Continental-Oceanic.
Is the Pacific plate oceanic or continential?
Oceanic.
Compare and contrast three different kinds of colliding boundaries?
Convergent boundaries involve two tectonic plates moving towards each other, resulting in the collision and subsequent formation of mountains or subduction zones. Examples include the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate to create the Himalayas. Divergent boundaries occur when two tectonic plates move away from each other, leading to the upwelling of magma and the formation of mid-ocean ridges. As the plates separate, new crust is formed at the boundary. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Transform boundaries involve two tectonic plates sliding past each other horizontally, leading to earthquakes due to the friction between the plates. The San Andreas Fault in California is a well-known transform boundary.
What kind of tectonic collision produces volcanoes?
oceanic-continential
Is Earth's oceanic crust thicker or the continential crust?
the Continental crust is thicker
What is the difference between continential and oceanic crust?
oceanic crust is much more dense than continental crust. Oceanic crust is also responsible for the movement of continental crust.
What are facts about Continental and Oceanic Crust and Lithospheric Plates Including what they are made of and their approximate temperature?
the continential crust is made of granitic rocks and the oceanic crust is made of basat and gabbro. the temp of the continential crust is -84.4 to 70.7c and the temp for oceanic crust is -18 to 380c and the lithopheric plates are made of felsic rocks. good luck with the rest.
Which continental margin occur where oceanic lithosphere is being subducted beneath the edge of a continent?
active continential margins
What is the section of the lithoshere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere carrying pieces of the continental and oceanic crust and the answer is not magma?
I had this question on my science quiz and I missed it. I was also curious what the answer was. Now I know that the answer is simply " transform boundary".
What is the difference between oceanic plate and continential plate?
Oceanic plates are young and made of basalt and recent sediments. Continental plates are old and contain continental crust made of old rocks and they are usually considerably thicker than the oceanic plates
What would happen when two plates meets?
When two plates meet each other thats called a Convergent boundary. They include areas where an oceanic plate slides below a continential plate.
What are the three different setting of convergent boundaries?
The three types of convergent plate boundaries are Oceanic-Oceanic, Continental-Continental, Continental-Oceanic.
How oceanic crust different?
Oceanic and Contintental crust are different in composition as well as size and density Continental- granitic/50-100km thick Oceanic- basaltic/ up to 10km thick Oceanic crust is more dense making it subduct under continental crust
