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Centers of continental plates can extend to depths of more than 200 kilometers, with greater depths under young mountain systems.
At subduction zones the oceanic plate can be pushed as deep as 600 kilometers into the mantle before it breaks up and melts under the continental plate.
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Do tsunamis have a connection to the movement of the earths plates?
yes, it does have connection of the earths plates because when two plates go together it burst water under the ocean
What are moving pieces under the earths surface that form the earths crust?
The answer is tectonic plates floating on the lithosphere. Does that answer your question? LOL :)
Which part of earths is divided into plates?
Inner core
What is the earths lithosphere broken up into?
Tectonic Plates
How do fossils provide evidence for moving plates?
Their evidence comes from rocks at earths surface.
What is the thickness of the earths crust in miles?
The average is 9 miles.The average continental crust thickness is 22 miles thick. The maximum crust thickness is 56 miles underneath the Himalayas, and is 16 miles thick at its thinnest in various places.The average oceanic crust is about 4 miles thick.For the entire Earth then, the average crust thickness is 9 miles.To scale size, the earths crust would be about the thickness of 3 ordinary sheets of paper on a basketball. The thickness of a chicken eggshell would be 16 pieces of paper on a basketball, so the earths crust is 5 times thinner than a typical egg shell. And the crust is only as thick as the egg shell at its maximum thickness underneath Nepal.Sleep tight.
What is the thickness of an earth layer?
the crust is the thickness of earths layers
The crust is only what of earths thickness?
half of earths layer
What plates are in earths structure?
Techtonic plates
The maximum thickness of a reinforced concrete wall?
The maximum thickness of a reinforced concrete wall is 203 mm.
What is the thickness of the crust in miles?
The average is 9 miles.The average continental crust thickness is 22 miles thick. The maximum crust thickness is 56 miles underneath the Himalayas, and is 16 miles thick at its thinnest in various places.The average oceanic crust is about 4 miles thick.For the entire Earth then, the average crust thickness is 9 miles.To scale size, the earths crust would be about the thickness of 3 ordinary sheets of paper on a basketball. The thickness of a chicken eggshell would be 16 pieces of paper on a basketball, so the earths crust is 5 times thinner than a typical egg shell. And the crust is only as thick as the egg shell at its maximum thickness underneath Nepal.Sleep tight.
Where is the crust the thickest on plate?
Areas of crustal plates with mountains are the greatest in thickness.
What is the thickness of earths asthenosphere?
300 km
Do tsunamis have a connection to the movement of the earths plates?
yes, it does have connection of the earths plates because when two plates go together it burst water under the ocean
Why is the thickness of the tectonic plates not the same all over?
because the thickness of the crust is different
The earths surface is broken into large pieces what are they called?
Tectonic Plates
What forces below earth surface shape landforms?
The tectonic plates below earths surface shape earths landforms
