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What can form when one oceanic plate subducts under another oceanic plate?
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When does subduction occur?
Subduction is a process that occurs when two oceanic plates pull apart
What occurs when dense oceanic plates collide with a continental plate?
The oceanic plate subducts under the continental because it is denser. The Andes are being formed in this way and the Himalayas started that way also.
You are one plate sinking beneath another?
It subducts under another
When a more dense oceanic plate sinks under continental plate?
This is called a destructive plate boundary. It occurs due to the fact that the oceanic crust is far denser than the continental crust. As a result it subducts into the mantle and is incenerated. Hope it helped:)
How do island arcs form?
Everytime a volcano erupts, the magma gets higher and higher everytime it hardens. This causes an island arc
When an ocean plate collides with a continental plate it does what?
It subducts under the continental plate because the oceanic plate is denser.
What is the effect when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate?
the oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate and then melts in the mantle and often will create volcanos along the conitinental plate.\
What is the effect when a oceanic plate meets a continental plate?
the oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate and then melts in the mantle and often will create volcanos along the conitinental plate.\
When does subduction occur?
Subduction is a process that occurs when two oceanic plates pull apart
Is the size of the earth increasing due to oceanic crust being produced?
No. In addition to oceanic crust being created at mid-ocean ridges, crust is destroyed at certain convergent plate boundaries where one plate subducts under another.
What occurs when dense oceanic plates collide with continental plate?
The oceanic plate subducts under the continental because it is denser. The Andes are being formed in this way and the Himalayas started that way also.
What occurs when dense oceanic plates collide with a continental plate?
The oceanic plate subducts under the continental because it is denser. The Andes are being formed in this way and the Himalayas started that way also.
What happens when a tectonic plate slides under another tectonic plate?
This happens at a plate boundary. The oceanic plate subducts (sinks) under the continental plate, because it is heavier. (the oceanic plate is made of basalt and the continental plate is made of granite.) This happens at a destructive plate margin. it is called this because part if the oceanic plate is destroyed, because it melts as it sinks.
You are one plate sinking beneath another?
It subducts under another
What type of plate boundarys form?
Trenches are formed at convergent plate boundaries involving at least one oceanic plate, where the more dense plate subducts under the less dense plate.
When two plates collide what determines which plate comes out on top?
The more dense plate subducts (goes under) the less dense plate. For example if continental and oceanic crust collide oceanic crust will go underneath the continental.
When does a part of oceanic plate sink into the mantle?
Usually when it meets another tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary. If the oceanic plate converges with a continental plate the denser oceanic plate will be forced under the continental plate. If it converges with another oceanic plate the older (and therefore cooler and denser) plate will be forced under the younger plate.
