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Audra Weissnat
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∙ 12y agoIn plate tectonics, a convergent boundary or convergent plate boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary (because of subduction), is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of lithosphere move toward one another and collide. As a result of pressure and friction and plate material melting in the mantle, earthquakes and volcanoes are common near convergent boundaries.
When two plates move toward one another, they form either a subduction zone or a continental collision. This depends on the nature of the plates involved. In a subduction zone, the subducting plate, which is normally a plate with oceanic crust, moves beneath the other plate, which can be made of either oceanic or continental crust. During collisions between two continental plates, large mountain ranges, such as the Himalayas are formed.
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∙ 11y agoits when two plates move toward each other :) :) :) and if u can help me i was been scammed in smallworlds by HELLO MAN THE 44TH he scamed my bmx blue one please help me to get it back my name is hamandalynoon in smallworlds
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∙ 14y agoIt is a two plates that are crashing in to each others is how earthquake start.
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∙ 12y agoWhen two plates move together damaging both of the plates causing a large earthquake.
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Is mount vesuvius on a constructive or destructive plate boundry?
A destructive plate boundary :)
What is a famous known plate boundary?
The San Andreas fault -- the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates
Is mt etna on a fault line?
Yes it is on a plate boundry, it is formed by the subducting plates of the African Plate and The Eurasian Plate.
What boundary is it called when an oceanic plate descends beneath a continental plate?
It's called destructive plate margin/boundary, or convergent plate margin though this term applies to all plate margins where two plates are moving towards each other (such as continental + continental or oceanic + oceanic).
Is el chichon Mexico converging plate boundary or a diverging plate boundary?
it is on a convergent plate boundry
Is mount vesuvius on a constructive or destructive plate boundry?
A destructive plate boundary :)
Was it a conservative boundary that made the Kobe earthquake?
No, it was a destructive plate boundry. :)
What is a famous known plate boundary?
The San Andreas fault -- the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates
Is mt etna on a fault line?
Yes it is on a plate boundry, it is formed by the subducting plates of the African Plate and The Eurasian Plate.
Why do you have so many earthquakes and volcanoes around the Pacific plate?
It is a destructive boundry, when the plate sticks tention builds up when the two plates unstick there is massive shockwave.
What is a destructive plate boundry?
this is when one made up of continental crust and one made up of oceanic crust move towards eachother.
Types of plate boundries?
-divergent boundry -convergent boundry -transforming boundry
What type of plate boundry is creating the shiveluch volcano in russia?
A convergent boundry is creating the shiveluch volcano in Russia. The Eurasian plate collides with the Pacific plate
What tectonic plate boundaries are near Kenya?
The Nubian/African boundry and the Somalian boundry
What are most plate boundarise on?
plate boundry has four different parts. # conservative boundary. # constructive boundary. # destructive boundary. # collision boundary.
What boundary is it called when an oceanic plate descends beneath a continental plate?
It's called destructive plate margin/boundary, or convergent plate margin though this term applies to all plate margins where two plates are moving towards each other (such as continental + continental or oceanic + oceanic).
What type of plate boundry is Haiti on?
transformation boundries
