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Is the Eurasian plate an oceanic plate?
No It is considered a continental plate although it does cover some ocean
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.
What are the names of the plates surrounding mount Pinatubo?
The Philippine plate slid under the Eurasian plate.
Is the arabian plate continental or oceanic?
oceanic plate
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
Is the Eurasian plate an oceanic plate?
No It is considered a continental plate although it does cover some ocean
Is Eurasian plate an oceanic plate or a continental plate?
The Eurasian Plate is largely considered to be a continental plate. It does, however, lay claim to some oceanic crusts, most notably extending westward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and northward to the Gakkel Ridge.
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.
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.
What are the names of the plates surrounding mount Pinatubo?
The Philippine plate slid under the Eurasian plate.
What crustal plate is Indonesia on?
Indonesia is located between two continental plates: the Eurasian Plate and Australian Plate and between two oceanic plates: the Indian Plate and Pacific Plate.
Is the arabian plate continental or oceanic?
oceanic plate
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 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
Why is Japan a destructive plate margin?
Continental crust (Eurasian Plate) and oceanic crust (pacific plate) move towards each other, oceanic crust sinks because its denser, this forms deep sea trenches and volcanoes
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.
