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Which type of plate is thicker continental or oceanic?
Continental plate.
When two continental plates collide sometimes one plate slides beneath the other in a process known as subduction. When one continental plate slides beneath another......?
material from the Earth's surface is returned to the interior.
When a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide why does the oceanic plate sink below the continental plate?
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
What will happen if a seafloor plate collides with a continental plate?
It will subduct under the less dense continental plate.
What happends when an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate?
When an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate, the subducting plate ---> oceanic creates a curved line of volcanoes along the edge of the overlying continental plate.
Do continental plate material subduct?
no they do not.
What are the two theories on the continental divide?
The main theory on the continental divide is that they relate to the plate techonics theory of the Earth's crust. The other theory is the continental drift theory where lighter rocks float on heavier crustal material.
If a plate of ocean crust plunged underneath a continental platewhat landforms do you expect to develop?
When the oceanic plate is subducted underneath the continental plate, the oceanic plate begins to melt. The molten material rises through the continental crust and a volcano forms.
What is the main material that continental plates made of?
Continental crust is made primarily of granite.
Which type of plate is thicker continental or oceanic?
Continental plate.
What are three types of orogeny?
Continental-continental, Oceanic-oceanic and Oceanic-continental convergent boundaries.
Is the Pacific plate and oceanic plate or continental plate?
It is oceanic
The thickest plate oceanic or continental?
Continental plate.
When two continental plates collide sometimes one plate slides beneath the other in a process known as subduction. When one continental plate slides beneath another......?
material from the Earth's surface is returned to the interior.
When a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide why does the oceanic plate sink below the continental plate?
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
Is the African plate continental or oceanic?
the african plate is continental
Is African plate continental or oceanic?
the african plate is continental
