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What type of tectonic plate boundary that sometimes has a subduction zone is called?
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∙ 6y ago
Tectonic plates that are convergent are "crashing into" each other at this collision boundary, and a subduction zone there is possible. One of the plates will "dive under" the other one. This creates uplift, "hot spots" or volcanic "risers" and instability along the boundary. The west coast of the United States is a good example. A link is provided below.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoA subduction zone is where one plate is being subducted ( pulled down) under another plate, No it is not a plate boundary but it is were it happens.
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What is the plate tectonic process where one plate moves under another?
Subduction.
What boundary do subduction zones form on?
Subduction zones form along some tectonic plate boundaries. Of the three general types of tectonic plate boundaries, we will see them form at some (but not all) of what are called convergent plate boundaries.
What is it called when tectonic plates overlap?
Subduction
What is the plate tectonic boundary type when the plate moves toward each other?
It is called a convergent boundary and can often result in a chain of mountains. When two plates converge, it is common for the denser plate to sink underneath the other. This process is called subduction.
When one tectonic plate pushes underneath another what boundary is formed?
well, there's two things. one, it's a convergent plate boundary, and two, it's called subduction when one plate goes under.
What is the plate tectonic process where one plate moves under another?
Subduction.
What boundary do subduction zones form on?
Subduction zones form along some tectonic plate boundaries. Of the three general types of tectonic plate boundaries, we will see them form at some (but not all) of what are called convergent plate boundaries.
What is it called when tectonic plates overlap?
Subduction
Places where tectonic plates come together?
Places where plates crash or crunch together are called convergent boundaries.
What is the plate tectonic boundary type when the plate moves toward each other?
It is called a convergent boundary and can often result in a chain of mountains. When two plates converge, it is common for the denser plate to sink underneath the other. This process is called subduction.
When one tectonic plate pushes underneath another what boundary is formed?
well, there's two things. one, it's a convergent plate boundary, and two, it's called subduction when one plate goes under.
Do volcanoes occur where two tectonic plates moves apart and magma rises up to create new crust?
No. Generally volcanoes occur at plate boundaries called subduction boundaries. At a subduction boundary one tectonic plate rides over another and the lower plate is forced down and magma is forced up
What is it called when two plates hit each other?
When two tectonic plates meet, we get a "plateboundary." There are three major types of plate boundaries. If two tectonic plates collide, they form a convergent plate boundary. Usually, one of the convergingplateswill move beneath the other, which is known as subduction.
What is it called when one plate is pushed under another plate as the collide?
subduction boundary!!!
What do tectonic plates form when they converge?
Convergent tectonic plates are plates that are moving toward each other.
What is it called when a plate boundary gets sucked under another?
Subduction.
What is it called when 2 tectonic plates separate?
Divergent boundary.
