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the oceanic plate is more dense and subducts, or goes below, the continental plate.
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What are the three possible tectonic plate combinations at convergent boundaries?
Each of the plates may be oceanic or continental. That gives three possibilities:oceanic - oceanicoceanic - continentalcontinental - continental.
What is a synonym for subduction?
A synonym for subduction is decrease.
How do you spell subduction?
That is the correct spelling of "subduction."
What is the process in which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle is called?
The process in which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle is called subduction. This occurs at convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate slides beneath another. Subduction zones are associated with deep-sea trenches and volcanic activity.
What is it called when two plates slide one under the other?
It is known as subduction.
Which is required for an ocean trench to form?
Subduction.
Where can subduction volcanos be found?
the subduction volcano is found where
Is mount Cleveland a subduction zone?
Moun Cleveland formed as a result of a subduction zone, but is not a subduction zone in and of itself. A subduction zone is a feature that forms volcanoes, not a kind of volcano.
The area where a plate descends is a?
subduction zone
What does a continental margin have that an active margin does not?
Subduction. A subduction trench.
What is the name of the process where ocean crust sinks back toward the mantle?
It is called subduction and only occurs in oceanic to oceanic or oceanic to continental plate collisions.
What is a sentence using the word subduction?
In science class we learned about subduction
