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they generally have a deep trench.
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∙ 14y agoGeological activities such as volcanism and earthquakes.
Steven Lopez
For apex:crust is destroyed at their boundary
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∙ 11y agoCrust is destroyed at their boundary
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Their crust is usually destroyed.
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Is the continental margin of fort Myers an active continental margin?
Yes
What is one structure you would find at an active continental margin that you would not find at a passive continental margin?
On an active continental margin, you would be likely to find an active ocean trench. This structure would generally not occur at a passive continental margin.
Are the Appalachian mountains on an active plate edge?
No. There is no such thing as a passive plate edge. They are near a passive continental margin.
Which continental margin occur where oceanic lithosphere is being subducted beneath the edge of a continent?
active continential margins
Is the Himalayas near an active continental margin?
Yes, because the mountains are still being developed as the Indian Plate is colliding with the the Eruasian Plate.
What does the passive continental margin have that the active margin does not?
Subduction. A subduction trench.
Is the continental margin of fort Myers an active continental margin?
Yes
A passive continental margin has a while an active margin does not.?
An active continental margin may have a trench.
What is one structure you would find at an active continental margin that you would not find at a passive continental margin?
On an active continental margin, you would be likely to find an active ocean trench. This structure would generally not occur at a passive continental margin.
What is one structure you would find at an active continental margin that you would not find at a passive coninental margin?
On an active continental margin, you would be likely to find an active ocean trench. This structure would generally not occur at a passive continental margin.
Is the west coast of Africa a passive or active continental margin?
Passive continental margin.
What does a continental margin have that an active margin does not?
Subduction. A subduction trench.
What does a active continental margin have that a passive margin does not?
Subduction. A subduction trench.
Which is synonymous with plate boundaries?
active continental margin
Which is synynonymous with plate boundaries?
active continental margin
Why NYC is not considered an active continental margin?
The U.S. east coast is not considered an active continental margin because there are no plate boundaries near it. Off the coast there is merely a slope with a transition from continental to oceanic crust.
What is one structure that you would find at an active continental margin that you would not at a passive?
You will find active faults and, if the margin is convergent, volcanoes.
