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What happens to the oceanic crust that is pushed down at the trench?
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What happens when heavier oceanic crust converges with lighter crust at a deep ocean trench?
The heavier (usually older and cooler hence more dense) oceanic crust normally subducts (is forced under) the younger less dense crust.
What are convertgent boundaries?
A conversion boundary is a place where 2 tectonic plates are mving toward each other. There are 3 types of convergent boundaries OCEANIC CRUST-OCEANIC CRUST OCEANIC CRUST-CONTINENTAL CRUST CONTINENTAL CRUST-CONTINENTAL CRUST They are classified according to their crust
What features are commonly formed at the plate boundaries where continental crust converges with oceanic crust?
trench..............................
Which feature is commonly formed at a plate boundary where oceanic crust converges with continental crust?
2.) an ocean trench
Place where old crust is pushed down into a trench?
subdution zone
What happens when a heavier oceanic crust collides with a continental crust?
Trench
What happens to two oceanic crust when they collide?
the older crust is subducted and later pushed up to form oceanic arcs
What is form when oceanic crust is pushed under continental crust?
Trenches. An example would be the deepest point of the ocean in the world, which is a trench in Japan.
What happens at an oceanic- oceanic subduction?
The plate with cooler, denser crust sinks under the other plate, forming a trench. There, the oceanic crust sinks down back into the mantle.
What happens at oceanic-oceanic subduction?
The plate with cooler, denser crust sinks under the other plate, forming a trench. There, the oceanic crust sinks down back into the mantle.
What happens at a trench?
Older, colder, more dense oceanic crust is being subducted into the mantle.
What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?
when oceanic crust and continental crust collide, the oceanic crust sinks down beneath the continental crust. this is called subduction.
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 when heavier oceanic crust converges with lighter crust at a deep ocean trench?
The heavier (usually older and cooler hence more dense) oceanic crust normally subducts (is forced under) the younger less dense crust.
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.
How does a trench forms?
They form when the oceanic crust goes under the Continental crust. The oceanic crust then forms the trenches through a process called subduction.
How does trench formed?
They form when the oceanic crust goes under the Continental crust. The oceanic crust then forms the trenches through a process called subduction.
