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What type of crust can be found on the south American plat where it meets the nazca plate?
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What plate does Chile lie on?
Chile lies on the western edge of the South American plate, close to where it meets the Nazca and Antarctic plates.
What plate contains only oceanic crust?
nazca
What plate boundary was the Chilean earthquake on?
The earthquake occurred at a convergent boundary between the Nazca and South American plates which are converging at a rate of approximately 80mm / year. The dense oceanic crust of the Nazca plate is being forced under or subducted beneath the less dense continental crust of the South American Plate.
What happens when the nazca seafloor plate pushes into the so American continental plate?
the nazca plate will move under the south american plate.
What happens when more dense oceanic crust of Nazca Plate converges with the less dense continental crust of the south America Plate?
The more dense oceanic crust will submerge below the less dense South American plate. This submergence leads to the melting of the oceanic crust and the production of magma that fuels the Andes Volcanic range.
What type of crust can be found on the south American plate where it meets the nazca plate?
Continental crust.
What type of crust can be found on the south American plate where it meets the Nazca plates?
Continental crust.
What type of can be found on the south American plate where it meets the nazca plate?
Continental crust.
What type of crust is found on the nazca plate?
It forms a convergent boundary with the South American Plate, divergent.
What is likely happening at the boundary between the Nazca plate and the South American plate?
Answer this question… Subduction of oceanic crust beneath continental crust
What plate does Chile lie on?
Chile lies on the western edge of the South American plate, close to where it meets the Nazca and Antarctic plates.
What plate contains only oceanic crust?
nazca
Which crustal plate can be found between nazca plate and south American plate?
Boundary
What type of tectonic plate boundary is found off the coast of Chile where the magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred in February 2010?
This earthquake occurred at a convergent boundary - In this region the Nazca and South American plates are converging at a rate of approximately 80mm / year. The dense oceanic crust of the Nazca plate is being forced under or subducted beneath the less dense continental crust of the South American Plate. Please see the related question for further information.
At what boundary is oceanic crust destroyed?
Oceanic crust is destroyed at a convergent boundary where subduction occurs. An example includes the boundary between the Nazca and South American plate on the west coast South America.
What plate boundary was the Chilean earthquake on?
The earthquake occurred at a convergent boundary between the Nazca and South American plates which are converging at a rate of approximately 80mm / year. The dense oceanic crust of the Nazca plate is being forced under or subducted beneath the less dense continental crust of the South American Plate.
What kind of fault is Chile located on?
Chile is located near a special type of thrust fault known as a convergent boundary. Chile is situated on the western coast of the continent of South America, this is the boundary between two tectonic plates, the Nazca plate (which is an oceanic plate) and the South American plate (a continental crustal plate). In this region the Nazca and South American plates are converging at a rate of approximately 80mm / year. The dense oceanic crust of the Nazca plate is being forced under or subducted beneath the less dense continental crust of the South American Plate.
