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A few things could happen, If both plates were both land, then they would buckle and fold and form high Mountains like with India and South western China forming Himalayas, But if one plate is a oceanic plate and the other is a land plate, then the oceanic plate is more dense and would slide under the lighter land plate and melt, then magma is formed from the oceanic plate and then rises to the top land plate the magma would come though and form volcanoes. Like the west coast of USA. copy and paste for a picture>
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Why does the soufriere hills volcano erupt so explosively?
Because it is a volcano formed by converging plates
What is a covergent plate?
A boundary between two plates that are moving toward each other, or converging.
What is a buckling zone?
A buckling zone is a region of the Earth's crust where two plates are coming together or converging.
When the earth's plates shift the results is?
The plates are shifting all the time.
What is a melange zone in tectonics?
A melange zone is an area of intense folding, faulting, and metamorphic activity between two converging plates.
What types of tectonic force create mountains?
The type of tectonic forces that create mountains are called converging plates. As two continental plates push together, the stress forces them both upwards. Because of this the Himalayas are still growing.
How do converging boundaries move?
The plates come together
What does it mean when tectonic plates slip?
Shifting,sliding,diverging ,converging etc . of tectonic plates.
What does it mean when three plates are moving together?
it means that they are converging
Is an earthquake caused by converging plates?
Many earthquakes are produced act converging plates. However a number of strong earthquakes also take place at transform boundaries where plates slide past one another, neither converging nor diverging. On rare occasions strong quakes will take place within a plate.
What are the differences between convergence and divergence plates?
Converging plates come together. They converge together. Diverging plates come apart.
What are the differences between plate tectonic and tectonic plates?
Converging plates come together. They converge together. Diverging plates come apart.
Is Mt Mazama located on diverging plates?
No. Mount Mazama is associated with a subduction zone, which is formed by converging plates.
Distinguish between converging and diverging tectonic plates in a table form?
The Earth's crust is broken up into several lithospheric or tectonic plates. These plates are constantly moving atop the Earth's mantle (semi-solid layer of molten rocks). Based upon their motion, tectonic plates are referred to as converging or diverging. Converging tectonic plates move towards each other and form convergent boundary. Diverging tectonic plates move away from each other and form divergent boundary.
What causes the formation of a volcano when two plates are converging?
The energy spews out Lava
What type of plate boundary dominates the circum Pacific belt?
converging plates
When rock layers bend due to stress in the earths crust as in example of two continental plates converging what is the answer folding or rifting?
It is folding. And this folding results in the formation of fold mountains, eg the Himalayan mountain.
