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Rock around a subducting slab is heated to extreme temperatures as a result of sliding friction. Much of the rock eventually melts and enters the convection currents in the mantle.
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What happens at a subduction convergent boundary?
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.
What are typical characteristics of subduction zone?
Where oceanic crust meets continental crust and earthquakes can occur.
What are places where oceanic crust sinks back into the mantle called?
A "subduction zone".
What is the process called when the oceanic floor sinks into a trench and back into the mantel?
This is known as subduction.
Is mount Cleveland a subduction zone?
Moun Cleveland formed as a result of a subduction zone, but is not a subduction zone in and of itself. A subduction zone is a feature that forms volcanoes, not a kind of volcano.
What happens at a collision zone?
Folding, Subduction, Upliftment and Displacement of regions of the earths crust.
What is the difference between subduction zone and collision zone destrutive plate margin?
A subduction zone and a collision zone are the same place, a collision just happens earlier, when the crusts of the two plates are interacting. Later, when the crust of one plate is being forced under the crust of another plate into the mantle, it becomes a subduction zone.
What happens at a subduction convergent boundary?
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.
What is the opening in the oceanic crust?
Subduction Zone.
Does subduction create or destroy oceanic crust?
In a subduction zone the crust is forced inot the mantle where it is eventually melted and destroyed
Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction zone?
density
What is the place where the oceanic crust is forced under the continental crust?
This is called a subduction zone.
What is the of where the crust goes back down into the earth?
subduction zone
What are typical characteristics of subduction zone?
Where oceanic crust meets continental crust and earthquakes can occur.
What is the name of the are where the crust goes back down into the earth?
Subduction zone
What are places where oceanic crust sinks back the the mantle?
A "subduction zone".
What is the of the area where crust goes back down into the Earth?
subduction zone
