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What happens when a subducting plate reaches about 100 km depth?
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When the subducting plate reaches about 100 kilometers (60 miles) into the Earth's hot mantle, it triggers partial melting of the overlying plate and forms new magma. Some of the magma rises and erupts as volcanoes.
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Which plate is subducting beneath South American plate?
Nazca
Which plates is subducting beneath the South American plate?
The nazca plate
What is happening to the plate that is connected to Japan and California?
It is subducting.
What kind of plate boundary has the most explosive volcanoes?
Convergent with the oceanic plate subducting under the continental plate.
Where do convergent plate boundaries occur in the world?
The most common type of plate boundary is a convergent/compressional/destructive plate boundary. The plates are moving together. Examples of this are: Soufriere Hills volcano - the Atlantic plate is subducting underneath the Caribbean plate. Mt Pinatubo - the Phillippine plate is subducting beneath the indo-Australian plate. You get volcanoes and earthquakes at these plate boundaries. :) Hope this helped.
What is subducting ocean plate?
An ocean plate is subducting if it is flowing under a less dense plate at a convergent plate boundary.
What happens to islands when tectonic plates subduct?
If an island is on a subducting plate and close to the area of subduction, it will gradually sink as it moves towards the trench. If the island is on the plate under which the other plate is subducting, it will experience many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Which plate is subducting beneath South American plate?
Nazca
Which plates is subducting beneath the South American plate?
The nazca plate
What is a subducting plates?
When one plate moves under the other plate
What is happening to the plate that is connected to Japan and California?
It is subducting.
Are subducting plate and oceanic plate the same?
No. While only oceanic crust can subduct it is not always subducting. When two oceanic plates converge, only one of them subducts.
Which plate is subducting beneath the south american plate to form the andes?
north american
What kind of plate boundary has the most explosive volcanoes?
Convergent with the oceanic plate subducting under the continental plate.
Which plate is subducting at a steeper angle Tonga or Chile?
Tonga
Which plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate to form the Andes Mountain Ranges?
north american
Which plate is subducting beneath the south american plate to form the andes mountain range?
north american
