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What type of plate collision does not result in subduction of one plate under the other?
A divergent boundary does not result in the subduction of one plate under the other.
What are examples of collision mountain ranges?
Examples of collision mountain ranges include the Himalayas (formed by the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate), the Alps (formed by the collision of the African Plate with the Eurasian Plate), and the Andes (formed by the collision of the South American Plate with the Nazca Plate).
What is a continent to continent collision?
A continent-continent collision occurs when two continental plates converge and push against each other. This collision can lead to mountain building, as seen in the collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate that formed the Himalayas.
What is is a Continental collision?
Convergent Continental collision is where two tectonic plates move towards each other and the plate that is more dense moves underneath the less dense plate.
What is an example of a continental to continental crust collision?
An example of a continental to continental crust collision is the collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate that led to the formation of the Himalayan mountain range. This collision is ongoing and has resulted in the uplift of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau.
What is a home plate collision?
A home plate collision is usually the case of a base runner that was on one of the bases trying to reach home plate in order to score while the other team's Catcher is trying to block home plate in order to prevent the base runner from touching home plate in an effort to prevent a run from scoring and the runner and the base runner usually slides into the Catcher that is blocking home plate which is what one example of a home plate collision is.
At a destructive plate margin what determines whether a subduction zone or collision zone is formed?
The density of the tectonic plates involved determines whether a subduction zone or collision zone is formed at a destructive plate margin. If one plate is denser than the other, it will subduct beneath the other plate, forming a subduction zone. If the plates have similar densities, they will collide and form a collision zone.
What is the process of a oceanic plate colliding with a continental plate?
Its when the oceanic crust and the continental crsut colide together.
What type of plate collision is producing the Himalayas?
The Himalayas are found at a convergent plate boundary also known as a subduction zone where one plate slips under the other driving the land mass up.
What is a plate called when it slides over another plate?
collision
What does the collision of a continental plate and an oceanic plate produce?
when two plates collide they form trenches.
What area in the world is an example of plate collision?
The Himalayas, located in South Asia, are formed by the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate. This collision has caused the land to uplift, creating some of the highest mountains in the world.
