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No. As crust subducts under another plate, it is destroyed (Convergent Boundary). When plates pull apart, new crust is formed (Divergent Boundary).
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Is mount Cleveland a subduction zone?
Moun Cleveland formed as a result of a subduction zone, but is not a subduction zone in and of itself. A subduction zone is a feature that forms volcanoes, not a kind of volcano.
What are typical characteristics of subduction zone?
Where oceanic crust meets continental crust and earthquakes can occur.
What happens at a subduction convergent boundary?
The oceanic crust (the denser crust) is subducted under the lighter crust which basically means that it goes under the upper crust as they meet so they don't crash into each other like at a collision zone.
What zone formed where two oceanic plates collide?
zone of subduction
Does the fact that ocean crust is older the farther away it is from an ocean ridge support the theory of plate tectonics?
Yes. New ocean crust is being formed at the mid ocean ridges (MORs) resulting in the older crust being pushed farther away, moving the plates towards a subduction zone. MORs divide 2 plates.
When is crust neither formed or destroyed?
Where is the crust neither formed nor destroyed? -In the subduction zone the crust is neither formed nor destroyed.
What is the difference between subduction zone and collision zone destrutive plate margin?
A subduction zone and a collision zone are the same place, a collision just happens earlier, when the crusts of the two plates are interacting. Later, when the crust of one plate is being forced under the crust of another plate into the mantle, it becomes a subduction zone.
What structure is formed when ocean crust subducts below continental crust?
Immediately at the subduction zone, an accumulation of sediment called an accretionary wedge is form.
What is the opening in the oceanic crust?
Subduction Zone.
Is mount Cleveland a subduction zone?
Moun Cleveland formed as a result of a subduction zone, but is not a subduction zone in and of itself. A subduction zone is a feature that forms volcanoes, not a kind of volcano.
Does subduction create or destroy oceanic crust?
In a subduction zone the crust is forced inot the mantle where it is eventually melted and destroyed
Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction zone?
density
At a destructive plate margin what determines whether a subduction zone or collision zone is formed?
If two cont. crusts collide then you get a collision zone. If cont. crust collides with oceanic crust then you get a subduction zone.
What is the place where the oceanic crust is forced under the continental crust?
This is called a subduction zone.
What is the of where the crust goes back down into the earth?
subduction zone
What are typical characteristics of subduction zone?
Where oceanic crust meets continental crust and earthquakes can occur.
What zone formed where two oceanic plates collide?
zone of subduction
