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What plates create a volcanic arc?
An oceanic plate being subducted under a continental plate.
What plates can create a volcanic arc?
An oceanic plate being subducted under a continental plate.
Earthquake activity can be caused by what movement of plates?
The movement of two plates sliding past eachother, one plate being subducted under another, and two plates being pushed apart. Hope this helped.
What type of boundary separates Altantic plate and Caribbean plates?
The Atlantic Plate is being subducted beneath the eastern Caribbean Plate.
Why is the ring of fire located where it is?
It is located along the perimeter of the shrinking Pacific Plate which is being subducted under other plates, causing volcanism.
If Oregon allows plain white unmarked towtrucks to do repos but Washington does not can a plain white towtruck from Oregon legally repo a car in Washington if it is unmarked with OR plates?
It doesn't matter how the vehicle is marked or what plates are on it. What matters is the laws of the state in which the repossesion is being performed. The answer is "NO", it is not legal for a repo in Washington to be carried out by an unmarked vehicle. I suggest you speak to an attorney. As of January 2007, a Portland-Oregon based repo company is being sued in Federal court for this same offense, as well as illegal repo, breaching the peace, and assaulting a woman while trying to illegally repo her vehicle.
What geologic event is occurring at the Mid Atlantic Ridge?
Plates have always been moving away from each other there, so new crust is being formed there while the crust on the other side of those plates is being subducted into the mantle.
What is a force that is causing the plates to move at a midocean ridge?
friction - convection currents in the mantle drag the plates away from the hot rising zone below the ridgegravity - gravity pulls down on the cold dense plate being subducted under the continent, dragging the plate away from the ridge
Describe the relative motion between the north American plate and the pacific plate?
The Pacific Plate is currently being subducted under the North American Plate. Subduction zones are when one plate is being forced under another at a convergent boundary (where two plates collide). When the Pacific Plate is being subducted under the North American Plate, the crust of the Pacific Plate melts, and creates volcanoes along the edge of the North American Plate. So, the relative motion of the two plates is that they are converging, or moving together.This same process is happening at the South American and Nazca Plates.
What state is beside Oregon?
Idaho (famous for its potatoes), Washington (is famous for being Washington I guess), Nevada (famous for Las Vegas), California (famous for its weather)
How does a plate tectonic have to do with a volcano?
Volcanoes tend to form on the land above an area where one techtonic plate is subducted beneath another. The eastern edge of the Pacific plate is being subducted under the South American plate. The subducted plate melts under the extreme pressure and temperature. The molten rock then works its way up through stress fissures, caused by the two plates colliding, to form volcanoes in the area above the subduction zone. This is why there are volcanoes along the length of the Andes.
What happen when two plates carrying continental crust?
When two continental plates collide, it is an example of convergent boundaries. Since continental crust is buoyant and brittle, it will not be easily subducted, unlike oceanic crust. Therefore, the subduction that does occur will be shallow and will not experience as many igneous intrusions. The two colliding continental plates will hit each other and will produce a buckling appearance as they both fight being subducted. These kind of collisions tend to produce immense mountains such as the Himalayas.One plate goes underneath they other and melts under the plate it went under and forms magma which causes an eruption
