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The Oceanic plate denser than the continental plat because it contain magnesium,which is denser than aluminum found in continental plates.

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The Nazca plate is oceanic.

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Which tectonic plates cause the Andes mountains to rise?

The Andes Mountain Range is a result of the Nazca Plate subducting under the South American Plate.


Do continental plates move faster than oceanic plates?

No, oceanic plates move faster than continental plates. This is due to the density of the oceanic plates (basalt is denser). For example, the fastest moving plates are the Pacific plate, Cocos plate, and Nazca plate. All oceanic.


What is an example of oceanic-continental convergence?

Andes, convergence between South American Plate and Pacific Plate


Name a plate that is entirely made of continental crust?

All major plates contain both continental and oceanic crust except for the Pacific and Nazca plates.


How big is the indo-australian plate?

No, it is not an oceanic plate. It is a continental plate but with oceanic crust. Crust is different from plate. A plate is made up of many crust. The crust under the ocean is oceanic crust, while the crust where continent is found is called continental crust. Most of the plates are made up off both continental and oceanic crust. If a plate has continental crusts, then it is a continental plate. Only if a plate is all made up of oceanic crusts, meaning that there is no land on it, then the plate is called oceanic plate. In the world, the major oceanic plates include Pacific Plate, Nazca Plate, Cocos Plate and Philippines Plate. Other are all continental plate.


Is the Pacific plate and oceanic plate or continental plate?

It is oceanic


Peru-Chile Trench and Andes Mountains?

Subduction of nazca plate beneath TE south American plate since nazca plate is an oceanic plate, which means it is more dense than the south American plate, which is continental. Oceanic plates have 3.0g/cm^3 of density. Continental have 2.8g/cm^3 of density. Denser plate always sinks beneath less dense plates :)


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


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.


Where is there a real world example of an oceanic to oceanic convergent boundary?

The western coast of South America is a very good example of an oceanic to continental convergent boundary where the Nazca plate is colliding (and being subducted beneath) the South American plate.


What plate contains only oceanic crust?

nazca


What type of plates collided to form the Andes Mountains on the west coast of South America?

The Andes were a result of the collision of the Nazca Plate & the South American Plate.