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What happens when an oceanic plate moves under a continental plate?
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Subduction occurs and oceanic trench is formed.
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What happens when oceanic and continental crust meets?
Subduction. denser oceanic plate moves under the continental plate. The oceanic plate is submerged into the mantle causing magma to rise to the surface.
What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate and sinks?
When the oceanic plate sinks it is absorbed back into the magma.
Do earthquakes happen when a continental or oceanic plate moves over a hot spot?
Earthquakes happen because of continental plate shifts. Oceanic plate shifts cause title waves.
What happens when an oceanic plate and a continental plate rub together?
tsunamis and earthquakes
When a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide why does the oceanic plate sink below the continental plate?
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
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 oceanic and continental crust meets?
Subduction. denser oceanic plate moves under the continental plate. The oceanic plate is submerged into the mantle causing magma to rise to the surface.
What happens when oceanic and oceanic crust meets?
Subduction. denser oceanic plate moves under the continental plate. The oceanic plate is submerged into the mantle causing magma to rise to the surface.
What happens at a convergent plate boundary between an oceanic and continental plate?
The oceanic plate usually subsides after colliding with a continental plate.
What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate and sinks?
When the oceanic plate sinks it is absorbed back into the magma.
What happens to the earths crust at a subbduction zone?
In a subduction zone, an oceanic plate moves under another plate (whether continental or oceanic). Sometimes pressure builds up, and earthquakes occur.
Is the Pacific plate and oceanic plate or continental plate?
It is oceanic
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.
Do earthquakes happen when a continental or oceanic plate moves over a hot spot?
Earthquakes happen because of continental plate shifts. Oceanic plate shifts cause title waves.
What happens to an oceanic plate as it pushes against a continental plate and sinks?
The oceanic plate sinks into the mantle where it melts. This is replaced by new oceanic plate at the mid-oceanic ridge.
What happens when an oceanic plate and a continental plate rub together?
tsunamis and earthquakes
What happens when an oceanic plate converged with a continental plate?
When an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, the oceanic plate slips under the continental one and into the mantle in a process called subduction. The area will be prone to large earthquakes and tsunamis. A chain of volcanoes will form on the continent.
