The older oceanic crust moves away from the spreading center and is eventualy subducted back into the mantle.
Yes. The mantle is composed of the plastic mantle, or the upper part, which is partially molten. The stiffer mantle is under it. it is not as molten
the asthenosphere and the lithosphere contain molten material.
When an oceanic to oceanic happens, two oceanic plates converge and one of the plates subducts into a trench. The subducted plate sinks down into the mantle and begins to melt. Molten rock from the plate rises toward the surface and forms a chain of volcanic islands, also called a volcanic island arc, behind the trench in the ocean.
When spreading molten material rises from the mantle in the sea-floor and erupts, it can create sea mounts, which are underwater mountains. If enough material is ejected, the mounts will break through the surface of the water to create islands.
The mantle is the source of molten rock. This molten material can, if the tectonics are right, penetrate up through the solid outer mantle and the crust to deliver lava, which is molten rock (magma) that has reached the surface of the earth.
The older oceanic crust moves away from the spreading center and is eventualy subducted back into the mantle.
The older oceanic crust moves away from the spreading center and is eventualy subducted back into the mantle.
The older oceanic crust moves away from the spreading center and is eventualy subducted back into the mantle.
It gets pushed out to either side of the mid-ocean ridge.
Some of the molten rock overflows onto the ocean floor in tremendous eruptions. material from the mantle canwell up, forming a ridge and new oceanic crust.
Yes. The mantle is composed of the plastic mantle, or the upper part, which is partially molten. The stiffer mantle is under it. it is not as molten
the asthenosphere and the lithosphere contain molten material.
the asthenosphere and the lithosphere contain molten material.
When an oceanic to oceanic happens, two oceanic plates converge and one of the plates subducts into a trench. The subducted plate sinks down into the mantle and begins to melt. Molten rock from the plate rises toward the surface and forms a chain of volcanic islands, also called a volcanic island arc, behind the trench in the ocean.
It's very high temperature down in mantle so it resulting a solid rock to change into "molten" state. The molten material in the mantle is magma.
It's very high temperature down in mantle so it resulting a solid rock to change into "molten" state. The molten material in the mantle is magma.
The oceanic crust is force down into the mantle in a process called subduction. The subducting oceanic plate will introduce water into the hot mantle, causing some of the rock to melt. The molten rock will rise through the overriding continental crust to form volcanoes.