The North American plate.
Continental plate.
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
It will subduct under the less dense continental plate.
When an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate, the subducting plate ---> oceanic creates a curved line of volcanoes along the edge of the overlying continental plate.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, the oceanic plate is always subducted. Oceanic plates are denser than continental plates, and they have a higher iron content. Since they are denser, oceanic plates always sink below the continental plate in the event of a collision.
Continental plate.
Yes, all of the continental US is on the North American Plate, except for those parts of California west of the San Andreas fault, which are part of the Pacific Plate.
It is oceanic
Continental plate.
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
the african plate is continental
the african plate is continental
It subducts under the continental plate because the oceanic plate is denser.
the recent earthquake in japan is an of the movement plate techtonics
The oceanic plate must be more dense than the continental plate for this to happen.
the oceanic plate is more dense and subducts, or goes below, the continental plate.
It will subduct under the less dense continental plate.