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The colder, more dense plate is the one that subducts in a collision between two plates. In an oceanic to oceanic plate collision it is the older of the two plates that will subduct due to its higher density. In an oceanic to continental plate collision, it's the oceanic plate that will subduct because of its higher density.
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∙ 12y agoThe Density of the two plates determines their subduction. The denser one sinks downwards and subducts beneath the lighter plate.
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∙ 15y agoThe more dense plate in a convergent oceanic to oceanic or continental to oceanic plate boundary will subduct.
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∙ 14y agoWhen the water pushes it.
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What happens when nazca plate pushes into south American plate?
The Nazca Plate is subducted beneath the South American Plate.
What happens when tectonic plates get subducted?
they will form a mountain
Where slab of oceanic lithosphere are subducted under continental lithosphere?
destuctive plate margin
When the Earth's crust collides mountains are formed.?
So long as one plate is not subducted.
Why is oceanic lithosphere subducted during and oceanic continental collision where as the continental plate is not?
the oceanic plate is less bouyant so it slides under the continental plate
When two oceanic plates meet witch plate gets subducted and why?
When two oceanic plates meet, which plate gets subducted and why
What happens in oceanic oceanic convergent boundary?
Either plates gets subducted which is usually the older plate.
What happens when a plate of oceanic crust collides with a plate of oceanic crust?
The oceanic plate is made of denser (and thinner) rock than the continental crust, so the oceanic plate gets subducted (pushed underneath) where it descends and gets melted by geothermal heat.
What happens with a plate of oceanic crust collides with a plate of continental crust?
The oceanic plate is made of denser (and thinner) rock than the continental crust, so the oceanic plate gets subducted (pushed underneath) where it descends and gets melted by geothermal heat.
What happens when nazca plate pushes into south American plate?
The Nazca Plate is subducted beneath the South American Plate.
When does a plate carrying continental crust converges with a plate carrying oceanic crust?
The oceanic plates gets subducted or goes under the continental plate
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
What happens at a conservative plat boundary?
I assume you meant a tectonic plate boundary? When a weaker plate collides with a stronger plate, the weaker plate may be subducted, (forced downwards) and into the mantle. When the Indian Plate collided with the European Plate, the Indian Plate was subducted beneath the European Plate, which raised the European plate and caused the formation of the Himalayas Mountain Range.
What happens in ocean to ocean convergent boundary?
Either plates gets subducted which is usually the older plate.
What builds up earths surface?
Earth's land surface is built up by a process called tectonic subduction.Related Information:This process occurs as one tectonic plate is subducted (slips under) another, while the subducting plate is elevated as it moves over the subducted plate. The subducted plate is most commonly a oceanic plate.
Where on earth is there an example of an oceanic plate going under a continental plate?
This phenomenon is called plate subduction and is seen in South America where the Nazca plate is being subducted under the South American plate. The Juan the Fuca plate is being subducted under North American plate.
What are geological features of volcanic activity?
A volcano erupts because of the presure built up in the mantle. There is so much presure in the mantle because when a continental and oceanic plate converge the oceanic plate gets subducted .When the plate gets subducted the matireal in that plate melts making no more space in the mantle and forcing the magma already in the mantle out to the top of a volcano.aFTER THAT HAPPENS new islands will form on top of the oceanic plate (for example hawii is a growing state becase every year a volcano erups creating new islands.
