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Describe the formation of Mount Vesuvius?
vesuvius was formed by an oceanic plate sliding under a continental plate.
How long did it take Mount Vesuvius to form?
An oceanic plate went underneath a continental plate and so the volcano was formed
Is Mount Etna a continental or oceanic plate?
Mount Etna is an active volcano in Sicily, Italy that constantly erupts. Mount Etna is a continental plate as it is created by the earth's crust's movements
When a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide why does the oceanic plate sink below the continental plate?
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
Is the arabian plate continental or oceanic?
oceanic plate
Describe the formation of Mount Vesuvius?
vesuvius was formed by an oceanic plate sliding under a continental plate.
How long did it take Mount Vesuvius to form?
An oceanic plate went underneath a continental plate and so the volcano was formed
Is the Pacific plate and oceanic plate or continental plate?
It is oceanic
Which plate is mount merapi?
Mount Merapi is not a plate. However, it was formed by the convergence of a oceanic plate and a continental plate. The oceanic Indo-Australian plate subducted under the continetal Eurasian plate causing a line of volcanoes.
Is Mount Etna a continental or oceanic plate?
Mount Etna is an active volcano in Sicily, Italy that constantly erupts. Mount Etna is a continental plate as it is created by the earth's crust's movements
When a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide why does the oceanic plate sink below the continental plate?
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
Is the arabian plate continental or oceanic?
oceanic plate
What are the plate tectonics under mount vesuvius but not the eurasian plate?
The African plate is also under mount vesuvius.
Why is oceanic lithosphere subducted during and oceanic continental collision where as the continental plate is not?
the oceanic plate is less bouyant so it slides under the continental plate
What explains the observation that when a continental and oceanic plate collide the oceanic plate dives down under the continental plate?
The oceanic plate must be more dense than the continental plate for this to happen.
When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate which plate is subducted?
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, the oceanic plate is always subducted. Oceanic plates are denser than continental plates, and they have a higher iron content. Since they are denser, oceanic plates always sink below the continental plate in the event of a collision.
Is the antarctic plate an oceanic or continental plate?
The Antarctic plate is Oceanic.
