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What is it called when 1 plate is forced under another in to the mantle?
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What takes place when one plate is forced down into the mantle beneath another plate?
Subduction! :)
How does earths crust get recycled?
The crust is recycled by subduction which is.... a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
What does the phrase 'the less buoyant plate is subducted' mean?
This means that the cooler, heavier oceanic plate at an oceanic to oceanic convergent boundary is forced into the mantle - under the hotter, lighter oceanic plate. OR At oceanic to continental boundary the heavier oceanic plate is forced into the mantle under the lighter continental plate.
Which of these is a zone in which one plate is pushed down into the mantle underneath another plate?
Subduction
What is the motion of plates in a subduction zone?
In a subduction zone, the dense, cold oceanic plate collides with the lighter, warmer continental plate and is forced down underneath it into the mantle. The motion is downwards and the force is called "slab pull".
What takes place when one plate is forced down into the mantle beneath another plate?
Subduction! :)
When does a part of oceanic plate sink into the mantle?
Usually when it meets another tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary. If the oceanic plate converges with a continental plate the denser oceanic plate will be forced under the continental plate. If it converges with another oceanic plate the older (and therefore cooler and denser) plate will be forced under the younger plate.
What is the area called when one plate is forced under another plate?
Subduction Zone
What is it called when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate?
Subduction.This specific process occurs at a destructive plate margin.The oceanic plate subducts at around 25-45 degrees into the mantle and the friction produced between the two plates triggers earthquakes.
Where is the oceanic crust sinking into mantle?
Usually when it meets another tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary. If the oceanic plate converges with a continental plate the denser oceanic plate will be forced under the continental plate. If it converges with another oceanic plate the older (and therefore cooler and denser) plate will be forced under the younger plate.
What is the word for the half of a fault that lies below?
The section of rock that lies below a fault is called the footwall.
How does earths crust get recycled?
The crust is recycled by subduction which is.... a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
What actually occurs at a convergent boundary?
Subduction occurs, as one plate collides with another, the harder plate may force the other plate downwards and into the mantle. For example, when the Indian Plate collided with the Asian Plate, the harder Asian Plate forced the Indian into subduction. This forced the Asian Plate to be raised and the Himalayas were the result.
What does the phrase 'the less buoyant plate is subducted' mean?
This means that the cooler, heavier oceanic plate at an oceanic to oceanic convergent boundary is forced into the mantle - under the hotter, lighter oceanic plate. OR At oceanic to continental boundary the heavier oceanic plate is forced into the mantle under the lighter continental plate.
Which of these is a zone in which one plate is pushed down into the mantle underneath another plate?
Subduction
What is it called when the oceanic plate goes down to the mantle?
Subsidation. The process of one object or being overtaking or overpowering another.
What is upper mantle of earth called?
I think it's called a plate
