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A Transform Fault Zone
In the textbook Earth Science and the Environment (4th Edition) by Thompson and Turk. Located on page 163, it shows that Tonga has a Convergent Boundary. A convergent boundary is where two lithospheic plates collide head on.
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∙ 13y agoThe Tonga trench is formed at a convergent plate boundary where subduction is occurring.
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∙ 12y agoThe Java Trench is a convergent boundary with subduction
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∙ 15y agoConvergent boundary Convergent boundary
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∙ 8y agoconverging subduction boundary
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What boundary forms when tectonic plates pull apart?
The movement of tectonic plates in opposite directions is referred to as a divergent boundary.
What kind of plate boundary forms a deep sea trench?
Convergent
Does Indian plate have trench forms?
Yes, the Indian plates do have trench forms. Another name for the Indian plate is the India plate. It is a tectonic plate that was originally part of ancient Gondwana.
When one tectonic plate pushes underneath another what kind of boundary forms?
subduction zone or continental plate
What is the type of tectonic plate boundary that forms from a collision between two tectonic plates?
Volcanic mountains over hot spots in the mantle. Fault-block
An ocean trench forms when?
one tectonic plate sinks below another plate
What boundary forms when tectonic plates pull apart?
The movement of tectonic plates in opposite directions is referred to as a divergent boundary.
A trench forms when?
In geology a trench is formed where one tectonic plate is subducted or forced under another plate.
What kind of plate boundary forms a deep sea trench?
Convergent
What is a deep valley on land the forms along a divergent boundary called?
trench
Does Indian plate have trench forms?
Yes, the Indian plates do have trench forms. Another name for the Indian plate is the India plate. It is a tectonic plate that was originally part of ancient Gondwana.
What is a set of cracks that forms when two tectonic plates are pulling away from each other known as?
Divergent Plate Boundary. A Rift Valley forms between the two plates.
What are facts about the mariana trench?
The Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench) is the deepest known part of the world's oceans, and the deepest location on the surface of the Earth's crust. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. The trench is about 2550 km (1580 miles) long but has a mean width of only 69 km (43 miles). It reaches a maximum depth of about 11,034 meters (36,201 feet) at the Challenger Deep, a small slot-shaped valley in its floor, at its southern end.[1]Part of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc system, the trench forms the boundary between two tectonic plates, where the western edge of the Pacific Plate is subducted beneath the small Mariana Plate. Because the Pacific plate is the largest of all the tectonic plates on Earth, crustal material at its western edge has had a long time since formation (up to 170 million years) to compact and become very dense; hence its great height-difference (which translates to water depth) relative to the higher-riding Mariana Plate, at the point where the Pacific Plate crust is subducted (is forced down beneath the other). This deep area, is the Mariana trench proper. The movement of these plates is also responsible for the formation of the Mariana Islands.At the bottom of the trench, where the plates meet, the water column above exerts a pressure of 108.6 MPa, over one thousand times the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level. Some creatures of the type normally encountered that could live at these depths are few, but some fish species, like the angler fish or other deep-sea fish, have been spotted in these waters.[
What type of tectonic boundary forms a volcano?
Normally a Divergent boundary because as the plates diverge, lava spews out, but they can also form at a Convergent boundary, or, although less likely, a transform boundary.
What kind of plate boundary forms a mountain rainge and a deep ocean trench like the Andes Mountain Range and Peru-Chile trench?
oceanic-continental convergence
When one tectonic plate pushes underneath another what kind of boundary forms?
subduction zone or continental plate
At a divergent boundary what feature forms when two oceanic plates are involved?
An oceanic trench is formed. Divergent boundaries pull away from each other, forming a cavern in the ocean floor. The Marianas Trench is a good example of a divergent boundary.
