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The type of plate boundary along the Peru-Chili trench is the convergent type which is acting between the Nazca plate and the South American plate
Md. Rafiqul Islam, PhD
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Dept. of Petroleum & Mining Engineering
Shahjalal University of Science & Technology
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At What type of boundary would a trench be created?
Trenches such as the Peru-Chile trench are found at destructive (also known as convergent) subductive plate margins where the denser oceanic plate is being subducted beneath the lighter continental plate. Trenches are common at subduction zones.
Is the El chichon volcano located along colliding plate boundaries?
El Chinchon is not a shield volcano it is a lava dome volcano. Lava dome volcanoes have a layering of lava that fans up and outward in the center.
Peru-Chile Trench and Andes Mountains?
Subduction of nazca plate beneath TE south American plate since nazca plate is an oceanic plate, which means it is more dense than the south American plate, which is continental. Oceanic plates have 3.0g/cm^3 of density. Continental have 2.8g/cm^3 of density. Denser plate always sinks beneath less dense plates :)
How can oceanic sediments became part of continental mountains?
In an ocean-continent convergence, the collision of ocean and continental crust causes the accretion of marine sedimentary deposits to the edge of the continent. These sediments, then, are forced up through normal mountain building orogenic uplift and compression (and faulting). In another method, as the underlying oceanic crust area of a plate tips down at a subduction zone, its ocean-floor sediment can be scraped off along the front edge of the overriding continental plate. The result is an increase in the width and thickness of the overriding plate, and thus, a mountain range. This is seen well at the convergence of the Nazca plate and South American plate (Peru-Chile Trench or Atacama Trench) forming the Andes Mountains - which are actually originally volcanic in origin, but are being buttressed by the new sediments.
Do plate boundaries coincide with continental boundaries?
the Mid-Ocean Ridge.Sometimes plate boundaries coincide with those of the continental landmass, the majority do not. Subduction zones such as those around the Pacific are located offshore and influence the shape of South America - the Chile-Peru trench, Alaska, Japan etc. In the Atlantic it is the opening of the Atlantic that is mirrored by South America and Africa, whilst the Mediterranean Sea is dying as Africa slowly pushes into Europe.
What is the plate boundary of Peru-chili trench?
A convergent plate boundary.
What type of plate boundary is the peru-chili trench?
A convergent plate boundary.
What submarine feature lies on the eastern margin of the Nazca plate indicates its convergent?
Peru Chili Trench
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
What fault was the southern Chile earthquake 1960?
It was associated with a aubduction zone marked by the Peru-Chile Trench. It is a convergent plate boundary.
What boundary is Peru Chile Trench and Andes Mountains?
The Trench and Andes are on the boundaries of the Nazca and South American Plates. Both of those landforms are the result of a subducting Nazca Plate.
What boundary is Peru-Chile Trench and Andes Mountains?
The Trench and Andes are on the boundaries of the Nazca and South American Plates. Both of those landforms are the result of a subducting Nazca Plate.
At What type of boundary would a trench be created?
Trenches such as the Peru-Chile trench are found at destructive (also known as convergent) subductive plate margins where the denser oceanic plate is being subducted beneath the lighter continental plate. Trenches are common at subduction zones.
What is the cause of the Peru Chile Trench and the Andes Mountains?
The subduction of the Nazca plate beneath the South American plate.
Do tsunamis happen in Peru?
Over the past 400 years, Peru has been the site of several very destructive and deadly tsunamis. The Peru-Chile Trench is the site of subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate. As with the other subduction zones of the world, the extreme compressive forces on the landward side of the trench produce reverse faults in the crust of the over-riding plate. During earthquakes, the motion along the fault cause huge portions of the sea floor to be uplifted, which causes tsunamis to be formed.
What are the alpacas homes?
In Peru, Bolivia, and Chili.
Why does Chile experience earthquakes?
Chile is located on a tectonic plate boundery and a subduction zone called the Peru-Chile trench. Very violent earthquakes happen at subduction zones.
