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An ocean plate is subducting if it is flowing under a less dense plate at a convergent plate boundary.
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Are subducting plate and oceanic plate the same?
No. While only oceanic crust can subduct it is not always subducting. When two oceanic plates converge, only one of them subducts.
Which plate is subducting beneath the south american plate to form the andes mountain range?
north american
Which plate is subducting beneath south American plate to form the san Andreas mountain range?
Nazca
What is slab resistance?
as the subducting plate skins into the mantle, friction between the mantle and lithosphere will oppose plate motion.
What two things happen as a subducting plate sinks back into earth?
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Which plate is subducting beneath South American plate?
Nazca
Which plates is subducting beneath the South American plate?
The nazca plate
What is a subducting plates?
When one plate moves under the other plate
What is happening to the plate that is connected to Japan and California?
It is subducting.
Are subducting plate and oceanic plate the same?
No. While only oceanic crust can subduct it is not always subducting. When two oceanic plates converge, only one of them subducts.
Which plate is subducting beneath the south american plate to form the andes?
north american
What kind of plate boundary has the most explosive volcanoes?
Convergent with the oceanic plate subducting under the continental plate.
What is the ring is fire?
The Ring of Fire (Pacific Ring of Fire) is an area of Pacific Plate subduction, rimming (of course) the Pacific Ocean. The plate subduction creates a line of volcanism geographically around its perimeter that appears to form a circle or ring. The Ring of Fire is the subducting plate boundary of the shrinking Pacific Ocean. The subducting oceanic crust is being drawn under less dense oceanic and continental crust and is melting into the upper mantle which can lead to volcanism and earthquakes.
What happens to islands when tectonic plates subduct?
If an island is on a subducting plate and close to the area of subduction, it will gradually sink as it moves towards the trench. If the island is on the plate under which the other plate is subducting, it will experience many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Which plate is subducting at a steeper angle Tonga or Chile?
Tonga
Which plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate to form the Andes Mountain Ranges?
north american
Which plate is subducting beneath the south american plate to form the andes mountain range?
north american
