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What happens to the sliding plate when it slides under another plate?
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∙ 11y ago
a trench is develop due to the sliding of the plates
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∙ 13y agosubduction
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When one tectonic plate slides on one another?
earthquake
Which plate boundary is one lithospheric plate sliding under another?
Destructive/convergent
How does mount vesuvius relate to tectonic plates?
Mount Vesuvius is the result of a subduction zone, where one tectonic plate slides under another. In this case the portion of the African Plate that is under the Mediterranean is sliding under the Eurasian Plate. This generates magma tha allows volcanoes to form.
How did the Misti volcano form?
it formed by one plate sliding under another
Why did the Tsunamis happen in 2011 and 2004?
The 2004 and 2011 tsunamis were the result of something called megathrust earthquakes. Off the coasts of Sumatra and Japan, where the tsunamis originated, there are subduction zones, places where one tectonic plate pushes into and slides under another. For the 2004 tsunami it was the Indian Plate sliding under the Eurasian Plate. For the 2011 tsunami it was the Pacific Plate sliding under the Okhotsk Plate. As this happens the plates become snagged on one another and distort under the force of it, building up tension over the course of a few hundred years. Eventually the plates snap back into place, triggering a major earthquake. This results in part of one plate being thrust upward, displacing an enormous column of water and creating a tsunami.
What happens when a plate slides against another plate?
it has transform boundary
What does a sliding boundary do?
It is where one plate slides past another plate, rubbing against it. One slides right, the other left. An example would be North America. Your Welcome.
At which plate boundary is one lithospheric plate sliding under another?
The kind of plate boundary where one lithospheric plate slides under another is a convergent boundary. This process is called subduction.
What plates slide past each other?
A transformed plate margin is the plate that slides past each other
What is a plate called when it slides over another plate?
collision
What happens when one tectonic plate slides against another?
An earthquake or tremmor may happen if the slide is strong enough.
What happens when the oceanic plate moves to the side and the oceanic plate slides past the continental plate?
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What happens when a tectonic plate slides under another tectonic plate?
This happens at a plate boundary. The oceanic plate subducts (sinks) under the continental plate, because it is heavier. (the oceanic plate is made of basalt and the continental plate is made of granite.) This happens at a destructive plate margin. it is called this because part if the oceanic plate is destroyed, because it melts as it sinks.
What is platetonics?
one plate of earth crust sliding under another plate
What are the plates and how do they move?
are stuff and the front edge of the left plate is sliding under the front edge of the right plate as the left plate slides down into the earth, it enters the hot mante
What occurs when one plate slides under another plate?
Mountains and earth quakes.
Where does a earthquake start?
Where a tectonic plate slides past another.
