Magma,rock,iron
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust. All that water weight compresses the heck out of the material in the plate and also the oceanic crust contains larger percentages of denser elements such as magnesium and iron than the continental crust which also contributes to it's higher density. This sets the conditions for what happens. The more dense oceanic crust will "dive under" continental crust because it is more dense, and all because of the difference in densities.
Because the oceanic crust is under water in the ocean and a continental crust is land such as the continents
The continental crust is the land. The oceanic is under the ocean.
Two differences are that the oceanic crust is more dense than continental, and continental crust is composed mostly of granite, while oceanic is mostly basalt
The oceanic crust will slide under the continental crust. And the reason is because the oceanic crust is much denser and the continental crust is least dense.
It is the crust and mantle,and core
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust. All that water weight compresses the heck out of the material in the plate and also the oceanic crust contains larger percentages of denser elements such as magnesium and iron than the continental crust which also contributes to it's higher density. This sets the conditions for what happens. The more dense oceanic crust will "dive under" continental crust because it is more dense, and all because of the difference in densities.
The oceanic plate subduct under the continental because oceanic is made from basalt(rock) which is denser than andesite and granite(continental)
Oceanic and continental crust contain the same elements. Both also move and shift and grow continuously. They are different because of their density.
Because continental plates are denser than oceanic. That is why oceanic and continental plates cause subduction zones.
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
The continental crust because it is thicker than the oceanic crust
Because the oceanic crust is under water in the ocean and a continental crust is land such as the continents
Because the oceanic crust is under water in the ocean and a continental crust is land such as the continents
The Oceanic plate denser than the continental plat because it contain magnesium,which is denser than aluminum found in continental plates.
The continental crust is the land. The oceanic is under the ocean.
when oceanic crust and continental crust collide, the oceanic crust sinks down beneath the continental crust. this is called subduction.