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The Antarctic Plate contains portions of both oceanic and continental crust. Antarctica itself is continental crust.
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Is the antarctic plate an oceanic or continental plate?
The Antarctic plate is Oceanic.
Is the Pacific plate and oceanic plate or continental plate?
It is oceanic
What countries lie on the Antarctic Plate?
The Antarctic plate is the tectonic plate that the continent of Antarctic. There are no countries on the Antarctic Plate.
What are the 2 oceanic plates?
The names are African, North American, South American, Eurasian, Australian, Antarctic, and Pacific plates. Several minor ones include the Arabian, Nazca, and Philippines plate. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html
What happens to an oceanic plate as it pushes against a continental plate and sinks?
The oceanic plate sinks into the mantle where it melts. This is replaced by new oceanic plate at the mid-oceanic ridge.
Is the antarctic plate an oceanic or continental plate?
The Antarctic plate is Oceanic.
What countries lie on the Antarctic Plate?
The Antarctic plate is the tectonic plate that the continent of Antarctic. There are no countries on the Antarctic Plate.
Is the Pacific plate and oceanic plate or continental plate?
It is oceanic
What are the 2 oceanic plates?
The names are African, North American, South American, Eurasian, Australian, Antarctic, and Pacific plates. Several minor ones include the Arabian, Nazca, and Philippines plate. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html
Is the arabian plate continental or oceanic?
oceanic plate
What happens to an oceanic plate as it pushes against a continental plate and sinks?
The oceanic plate sinks into the mantle where it melts. This is replaced by new oceanic plate at the mid-oceanic ridge.
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 does the phrase 'the less buoyant plate is subducted' mean?
This means that the cooler, heavier oceanic plate at an oceanic to oceanic convergent boundary is forced into the mantle - under the hotter, lighter oceanic plate. OR At oceanic to continental boundary the heavier oceanic plate is forced into the mantle under the lighter continental plate.
What form when a oceanic plate collides with oceanic plate?
a trench will form
Is the African plate oceanic?
The African plate is both oceanic and continental.
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.
The Andes Mountains are an example of mountain building activity at which type of plate boundary?
The Nazca Plate, Antarctic Plate, and the South American Plate. 🌍
