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In a subduction zone, plates move together and one plate slides under the other, melting its rock when it goes into the mantle.
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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.
Subduction occurs when?
It can occur in a subduction zone.
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.
When is a subduction zone is created?
a subduction zone is created when to tectonic plates push towards each other then one forces it self under the other plate. This usually creates a trench or deep canyon. Subduction is caused by an earthquake moving the two tectonic plates towards eachother.
What is a region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere?
Most notable is the so-called 'Ring of Fire', an area encircling the Pacific Ocean where oceanic crustal plates are subducting under continental plates and less dense oceanic plates.
The ocean floor is destroyed at?
At the subduction zone of two tectonic plates.
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
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.
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 is created at a convergent boundary?
It is a subduction zone and can create earthquakes and volcanoes
Subduction occurs when?
It can occur in a subduction zone.
What is happening to the earth's plates at the japan trench?
The pacific oceanic plate is sinking beneath the continental plate to which Japan is attached in what is called a subduction zone. The oceanic plate is being destroyed.
What does not happen near a subduction zone?
anything can happen at a subduction zone
Where is the place where older crust is destroyed because two plates converge?
A destructive plate boundary (usually a subduction zone).
Is a subduction zone a plate boundaries?
A subduction zone is where one plate is being subducted ( pulled down) under another plate, No it is not a plate boundary but it is were it happens. hope this helps
Is subduction zone is where new crust is being formed?
No. As crust subducts under another plate, it is destroyed (Convergent Boundary). When plates pull apart, new crust is formed (Divergent Boundary).
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.
