... a mountain range like the Himalayas is formed.
earthquakes and the formation of mountains
Continental collision zones occur when two plates containing large areas of continental crust are pushed together. The result can be earthquakes and the formation of a mountain range.
the 2 lands connect and make a new continent.
earthquake
They form mountains.
A destructive margin is when the oceanic crust moves towards the continental crust and slip under it (oceanic crust is heavier than the continental crust). This can build up a lot of pressure between the plates.
When two continental plates crash into each other, they crumple and fold. The crust is forced up, and mountains form, and earthquakes happen.
because the ocean base is hevier than the other crust
The continental crust is made up of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. These rocks form the continents and the continental shelves, areas of seabed close to the shore.
continental crust is made of many rocks such as granite
Oceanic Crust
A destructive margin is when the oceanic crust moves towards the continental crust and slip under it (oceanic crust is heavier than the continental crust). This can build up a lot of pressure between the plates.
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
When two continental plates crash into each other, they crumple and fold. The crust is forced up, and mountains form, and earthquakes happen.
Continental crust over Oceanic crust.
When it is two continental plates, new oceanic crust is formed, and when this continues, more oceanic crust is formed between the plates.
It is called a destructive plate boundry...one type of crust is oceanic and the other is continental. when they meet the oceanic crust gets pushed down as it is heavier. the friction caused when it sinks creates huge earthquakes and the crust re-melts and gets forced upwards due to pressure to form a volcano.
Earthquakes
because the ocean base is hevier than the other crust
A fault is a break in the Earth's crust where pieces of the crust move relative to each other. This movement can cause earthquakes as stress builds up along the fault line and is released suddenly. Faults are common in regions where tectonic plates interact and are essential for understanding earthquake hazards.
The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust. That's the reason we find that the oceanic crust sinks (subducts) beneath the continental crust.Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust and so cannot sink below it.
At convergent boundaries are boundaries the crust is destroyed by subduction of oceanic crust underneath continental crust or other oceanic crust.