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The African plate is both oceanic and continental.
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
oceanic plate
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.
Oceanic-continental convergence (when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate) & oceanic-oceanic convergence (2 oceanic plates) both involve oceanic plates & subduction. Continental-continental convergence (2 continental plates) involves neither.
the african plate is continental
the african plate is continental
The African plate is both oceanic and continental.
It is oceanic
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
oceanic plate
the oceanic plate is less bouyant so it slides under the continental plate
The oceanic plate must be more dense than the continental plate for this to happen.
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.
The Antarctic plate is Oceanic.
Oceanic-continental convergence (when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate) & oceanic-oceanic convergence (2 oceanic plates) both involve oceanic plates & subduction. Continental-continental convergence (2 continental plates) involves neither.
Continental plate.