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What are oceanic-oceanic and oceanic-continental subduction boundaries?
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In the scope of lithospheric plate movements, both boundaries are areas where the more dense of the colliding plates slides under the lighter one, and moves toward the mantle. The melting of the subducted crust as it nears the mantle may cause volcanism either on the sea floor or on the continental land mass. Earthquakes will also result as the subducting rocks break and grind their way past the non-subducting plate rock.
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Is subduction common at divergent plate boundaries?
Subduction doesnt occur at divergent boundaries, but rather they are found at convergent boundaries.
What types of boundaries do subduction zones occur?
Convergent Boundaries!
Is subduction divergent?
Subduction is a process that takes place at convergent boundaries.
What types of boundaries do subduction zones form?
This forms on the plate tectonic boundaries.... particularly the convergent plate boundries.
What are the three possible tectonic plate combinations at convergent boundaries?
Each of the plates may be oceanic or continental. That gives three possibilities:oceanic - oceanicoceanic - continentalcontinental - continental.
Which convergent boundaries do not have a subduction zone?
A continent to continent convergent boundary does not have a subduction zone.
Which boundaries are likely to result in volcanic island arcs?
offshore subduction boundaries.
What is the difference beween subduction and convergence?
Subduction zones are also known as convergent boundaries, there is no difference.
The deepest earthquakes tend to occur at?
Subduction boundaries
What type of boundaries are subduction zones associated with?
Convergent oceanic - continental and oceanic - oceanic boundaries.
What boundary do subduction zones form on?
Subduction zones form along some tectonic plate boundaries. Of the three general types of tectonic plate boundaries, we will see them form at some (but not all) of what are called convergent plate boundaries.
Why are subduction not commonly found at convergent continental continental boundaries?
because the subduction eventually brings the two continents together.
