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The African plate is subducted under the Eurasian plate.
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What two plates collided to form the Appalachian mountains?
The North American and African plates
What is at a convergent boundary where two continental plates are presently colliding?
Both Plates are pushed upwards and rocks are folded and faulted to form mountain ranges. For Example this occurred in Europe when the Eurasian and African plates collided to form the Alps. And a Subduction zone is formed when a continental and Oceanic plates collide as the oceanic plate is forced downwards into the mantle.
What tectonic plates caused the Mt Pinatubo eruption?
The Philippine plate collided with the Eurasian plate this is called a convergent boundary where the two plates collided and the plate melts and then shoots back up through the volcano causing an eruption
What two plates collided that caused mt st helen erupt?
there were actually three plates. The Juan de Fuca plate, the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
How was Mount Vesuvius formed?
it was just formed naturlly and it was not formed by any earthquake Mount Vesuvius was formed when two plates collided
What two plates collided to form the Appalachian mountains?
The North American and African plates
What two plates collided to form the rockies?
The Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American Plate
What collided with what to form the Himalayan mountains?
when plates collide mountains will form. If you look at a map with the plate boundaries and compare it to a physical map of the world you will see that a lot of mountaind=s form on plate boundries.
What two plates collided to form the ural mountains?
The Ural Mountains were formed by the continents of Europe and Asia joining together.
What two plates collided in the Indonesian earthquake?
the eurasian plate and the pacific plate
How was the Canadian shield landform created?
it was created when two tectonic plates collided.....
What is a subducation zone?
A subduction zone is a place that occurs between two tectonic plates. It is the site where these tectonic plates have collided.
Why did the earthquake in los angeles happen?
the two tetonic plates collided and made a earthquake
What two plates collided to form the rocky mountains?
The Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American Plate
What is at a convergent boundary where two continental plates are presently colliding?
Both Plates are pushed upwards and rocks are folded and faulted to form mountain ranges. For Example this occurred in Europe when the Eurasian and African plates collided to form the Alps. And a Subduction zone is formed when a continental and Oceanic plates collide as the oceanic plate is forced downwards into the mantle.
How did Surtsey appear suddenly out of the sea?
Because two plates collided and pushed up creating the volcano.
What tectonic plates caused the Mt Pinatubo eruption?
The Philippine plate collided with the Eurasian plate this is called a convergent boundary where the two plates collided and the plate melts and then shoots back up through the volcano causing an eruption
