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What were two results of the subduction of the farallon plate?
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When the Farallon plate subducted, volcanoes formed and mountains collapsed.
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At what type of boundaries do subduction zones form?
In plate tectonics, when two tectonic plates move toward each other, it results in the formation of what is called a convergent plate boundary. The two plates are said to converge. One plate may be more dense than the other, and with the two plates pushing against each other, the plate that is more dense will "slide under" the other plate. The plate sliding under is said to subduct the other plate, and this creates what is called a subduction zone. Not all convergent plate boundaries have subduction zones, but all subduction zones are formed at convergent plate boundaries.
What is it called when two plates slide one under the other?
It is known as subduction.
When does subduction occur?
Subduction is a process that occurs when two oceanic plates pull apart
What plates are involved in a subduction plate?
Convergence between oceanic plate and one continental plate. Convergence between two oceanic plates.
What boundary is it called when an oceanic plate descends beneath a continental plate?
It's called destructive plate margin/boundary, or convergent plate margin though this term applies to all plate margins where two plates are moving towards each other (such as continental + continental or oceanic + oceanic).
What process results in the formation of the most extensive mountain ranges?
The most substantial will be from crustal folding at a collision boundary between two continental plates. An example is the Himalayas which have been pushed up in Asia by the collision of the Indian Plate. The Rocky Mountains of North America were similarly formed by shallow subduction of the Farallon and Kula oceanic plates.
At what type of boundaries do subduction zones form?
In plate tectonics, when two tectonic plates move toward each other, it results in the formation of what is called a convergent plate boundary. The two plates are said to converge. One plate may be more dense than the other, and with the two plates pushing against each other, the plate that is more dense will "slide under" the other plate. The plate sliding under is said to subduct the other plate, and this creates what is called a subduction zone. Not all convergent plate boundaries have subduction zones, but all subduction zones are formed at convergent plate boundaries.
What is it called when two plates slide one under the other?
It is known as subduction.
When does subduction occur?
Subduction is a process that occurs when two oceanic plates pull apart
What plates are involved in a subduction plate?
Convergence between oceanic plate and one continental plate. Convergence between two oceanic plates.
Is subduction characteristic of diverging plate boundaries?
No. Diverging means "moving apart." Subduction occurs at convergent plate boundaries, where two plates come together and one slides under the other.
What boundary is it called when an oceanic plate descends beneath a continental plate?
It's called destructive plate margin/boundary, or convergent plate margin though this term applies to all plate margins where two plates are moving towards each other (such as continental + continental or oceanic + oceanic).
When two plates collide the denser plate does what?
It gets pushed down under the lighter plate. This process is called subduction.
What two plates formed mount Pinatubo?
Mt. Pinatubo is in a subduction zone. subduction is when one tectonic plate slides under another. In the Mt. Pinatubo area the Eurasian Plate slides under the Philippine Sea Plate at the Manila Trench.
What kind of plate was the marianas trench made on?
The Mariana Trench is on two tectonic plates: The Pacific Plate and the Mariana Plate. The Pacific Plate is beneath the Mariana Plate by subduction.
What are two convergent boundaries on the largest plate called?
A thrust fault or thrusting subduction.
What is the type of plate boundary where two plate move together causing one of the slabs of lithosphere to descend into the mantle beneath an overriding plate?
Subduction
