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The Pacific Plate and the Indo-Austrialian plate collided. Because one of these plates were older, it sank. This in known as subduction.
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Is the Chile trench closer to the east pacific rise or is the Tonga trench closer?
the chile's trench is closer to the east pacific rise than tonga's trench
Where in the pacific ocean is Tonga in relation to new Zealand?
Tonga lies approximately north of New Zealand. The Tonga Trench is a continuation of the Alpine Fault and the Hikurangi Trench.
What is the age of the lithosphere at the Tonga trench?
< 200my
What kind of tectonic plates associate with the Tonga Trench?
Pacific Plate
Why do Earth scientists think that rigid slabs of the lithosphere are descending into the mantle near the Tonga Island?
Close by the Tonga Island on the ocean floor lies the Tonga trench, which is a convergent boundary. At the Tonga trench the Pacific plate is subducting beneath the Australian-Indian plate, sending slabs of the Pacific plate into the mantle.
How a trench formed?
a trench is formed when 2 oceanic plates collide
How deep is the kermadec trench?
The Kermadec Trench is an oceanic trench that has a depth of 32,963 feet. This trench region is located between the North Island of New Zealand and an island called Tonga.
Where is the Tonga trench located?
it is in the South Pacific Ocean i got this from wikapidia anwsers
What type tectonic plate boundary forms the Mariana trench?
A Transform Fault ZoneIn the textbook Earth Science and the Environment (4th Edition) by Thompson and Turk. Located on page 163, it shows that Tonga has a Convergent Boundary. A convergent boundary is where two lithospheic plates collide head on.
Where does the long fin eel live?
The long fin eel lives in lots of locations, it lives in the Tonga Trench in Tonga, it also lives in the streams of New Zealand.
What happens in areas where a trench is formed?
nothing
A trench forms when?
In geology a trench is formed where one tectonic plate is subducted or forced under another plate.
