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The oceanic crust (the denser crust) is subducted under the lighter crust which basically means that it goes under the upper crust as they meet so they don't crash into each other like at a collision zone.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoa subduction zone is a convergent boundary where two tectonic plates collide.
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∙ 9y agoAt a subduction zone, a plate forms a trench as it sinks under the other plate. The oceanic crust on the plate sinks back to the mantle at the subduction zone, due to sea-floor spreading.
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Does a subduction occur in a convergent boundary?
Subduction is when one of the plates is forced down beneath the other plate at the convergent boundary.
Which convergent boundaries do not have a subduction zone?
A continent to continent convergent boundary does not have a subduction zone.
Is Krakatoa a divergent convergent or transform boundary?
Krakatoa is an convergent boundary with a subduction zone
What type tectonic plate boundary forms the Mariana trench?
A Transform Fault ZoneIn the textbook Earth Science and the Environment (4th Edition) by Thompson and Turk. Located on page 163, it shows that Tonga has a Convergent Boundary. A convergent boundary is where two lithospheic plates collide head on.
What zone of earthquake associated with convergent plate boundary?
subduction
what happens to a convergent boundary?
a subduction zone forms
What happens a a convergent boundary?
a subduction zone forms
Does a subduction occur in a convergent boundary?
Subduction is when one of the plates is forced down beneath the other plate at the convergent boundary.
Which convergent boundaries do not have a subduction zone?
A continent to continent convergent boundary does not have a subduction zone.
Is Krakatoa a divergent convergent or transform boundary?
Krakatoa is an convergent boundary with a subduction zone
What type tectonic plate boundary forms the Mariana trench?
A Transform Fault ZoneIn the textbook Earth Science and the Environment (4th Edition) by Thompson and Turk. Located on page 163, it shows that Tonga has a Convergent Boundary. A convergent boundary is where two lithospheic plates collide head on.
What zone of earthquake associated with convergent plate boundary?
subduction
Which landform would most likely be found at a convergent subduction boundary?
convergent boundary -rift valley divergent boundary -mid-ocean ridge
What kind of plate boundary does subduction take place at?
A convergent plate boundary. a piece of continental crust and a piece of oceanic crust meeting at a convergent boundary.
What is the plate boundary of the cascade mountains?
The Cascades are associated with a subduction zone, a type of convergent boundary.
What is the type of plate boundary where two plates move together causig one of the slabs of lithosphere to descend into the mantle beneath an overriding plate?
Convergent BoundaryA destructive plate boundary with a subduction zone.
Which convergent plate boundary does not include a subduction zone?
I’m not sure
