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What type of structure has formed where the Jaun de Fuca plate is subducting beneath the North American plate?
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The Nazca Plate and the South American Plate are colliding. Because oceanic plates like the Nazca are more dense than continental plates, they are forced below the continental plate and subduct, or flow downward into the mantle at varying degrees of descent from the area of collision!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What plates are causing mt hood to form?
Mount hoot is formed by the Juan de Fuca Plate subducting under the North American Plate.
Was Mount Tambora formed by a convergent plate boundary or a divergent plate boundary?
It was formed from the volcanism created by a subducting oceanic plate at a convergent plate boundary.
What crustal movement does pacific ring of fire formed it?
The Pacific Ring of Fire was formed due to the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate, the Cocos Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate, the Pacific and Juan de Fuca Plate beneath the North American Plate, the Pacific Plate and Philippines Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate, the Indo-Australian Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate, and the Pacific Plate beneath the Indo-Australian Plate. This all occurs around the Pacific Ocean.
How is magma formed in Mt Etna?
This was because part of the northward-moving African Plate is subducting beneath the Eurasian Plate. Trapped lava forms bubbles of gas as it gets near the surface. Pressure is released by coming to the surface. It bursts out as lava. Then layers build up to form the cone shape. There you go!
What layer of rock is formed beneath the sea?
sand rocks :)
What type of structure has formed where Juan De fuca plate is subducting beneath the North American plate?
trenches
What type of structure has formed where the juan de fuca plate is subduction beneath the north American plate?
trenches
How was the japan trench formed?
It was formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the north American plate.
What plates are causing mt hood to form?
Mount hoot is formed by the Juan de Fuca Plate subducting under the North American Plate.
Which direction does the Benioff Zone descend from the trench into the mantle?
The Benioff Zone is formed when a piece of oceanic crust is being subducted into the mantle. This line of earthquakes follow the angle of the subducting plate as it slides beneath the continental crust.
Was Mount Tambora formed by a convergent plate boundary or a divergent plate boundary?
It was formed from the volcanism created by a subducting oceanic plate at a convergent plate boundary.
What crustal movement does pacific ring of fire formed it?
The Pacific Ring of Fire was formed due to the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate, the Cocos Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate, the Pacific and Juan de Fuca Plate beneath the North American Plate, the Pacific Plate and Philippines Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate, the Indo-Australian Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate, and the Pacific Plate beneath the Indo-Australian Plate. This all occurs around the Pacific Ocean.
What are island arches?
A series of volcanic islands formed by an older oceanic plate subducting under a newer oceanic plate.
Was mt etna formed?
This was because part of the northward-moving African Plate is subducting beneath the Eurasian Plate. Trapped lava forms bubbles of gas as it gets near the surface. Pressure is released by coming to the surface. It bursts out as lava. Then layers build up to form the cone shape. There you go!
Does the subducting plate appear to be continuous or discontinuous?
It appears to be continuous because it is a cycle. Old plate is subducted, but new plates are formed.
What plates caused mt kratatoa to form?
The Eurasian and Australian plates. Krakatau was formed by the Australian plate subducting under the Eurasian plate.
How was gas formed beneath land?
These gases are formed by chemical reactions at high temperature and pressure.
